Arsenal to drop 'unhappy' Ozil for Draxler and Hummels

Divisive German could be off to Bayern Munich in the new year for £30m, as Man Utd line up Vidal

 A dejected Mesut Ozil, Arsenal's record signing
(Image credit: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

He's one of the most divisive figures in the Premier League and many Arsenal fans will be delighted with the news in the Daily Mail this Monday morning that Mesut Ozil "wants to quit Arsenal as soon as January". Not only that but the over-hyped, overpaid and underperforming German will be offloaded to Bayern Munich in the new year for around £30m.

Quite why Bayern would want to cough up such a sum for a player who has a reputation for bottling the big games isn't clear but the Mail says the "Gunners are ready to do business". Ozil joined Arsenal from Real Madrid last year for a club record £42.5m and though the money hasn't been quite as wasted as the £15m the club paid for the atrocious Andrei Arshavin there have been times in the past year when the Arsenal faithful have pined for the days of Ray Parlour in the midfield.

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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.