Former Liverpool boss Graeme Souness believes that Unai Emery is handling the Mesut Ozil situation at Arsenal in a positive way.
Emery has not been happy with Ozil for much of his time as manager this season.
The German has not featured in the team for recent games, either taking his place on the bench or being out of the 18 entirely. And Souness backs the way Emery is treating Ozil.
“I have been impressed by how Emery handled Mesut Ozil,” Souness wrote in the Sunday Times.
“He has not been afraid to drop the German, who goes through the motions at times.
“He has sent out a message of ‘it’s my way or no way’.
“If you tolerate that from a ‘star’ player, then it’s an excuse for the rest to go down the same road, and that will get you nowhere.
“Emery has confronted that, but when you take on big players you have to be winning games.
“By making Ozil captain for Tuesday’s win over Cardiff City, the Arsenal manager used the carrot after the stick, saying: ‘There’s still a place for you, show me you have a future here’.”
