Arsenal chase 'new Ozil' Arnold and Tenerife star Perez

Teenage midfielder and young striker feature on Wenger's summer shopping list

Maximilian Arnold

WITH Arsenal's £42m record signing Mesut Ozil in the doghouse after the Gunners' humiliation against Liverpool and under intense scrutiny from the media after a series of sub-par performances, this might not be the best time for Arsene Wenger to go after a player being dubbed the "new" Ozil.

But, according to the Daily Mirror, that is exactly what he is doing by scouting the man tipped to be Ozil's successor in the Germany team, Maximilian Arnold.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.