da casino： Paul Scholes – now working as a TV pundit after eventually calling an end to his time as a player – has become the latest high profile figure to test the nerve of Arsene Wenger, according to reports from the Mirror.
da 888casino： The recently retired Old Trafford midfielder has been one of several this season to aim criticism at current Arsenal and Germany star Mesut Ozil, for his perceived lack of effort in big games for Arsenal this season. Whilst widespread opinion maybe split over the creative play-maker, Paul Scholes has nonetheless made his opinion clear.
The former England international has claimed that; “Since he [Ozil] has been there you cannot doubt his quality but at times he looks like he is going through the motions, however much ground he covers.
“At Real Madrid he had a chance of winning league titles. At Arsenal that is not on the cards.”
In expected defence of his £42 million World Cup winner however, Wenger has been quick to counter-act the former Manchester United man;
“I think a player like Paul Scholes would have loved to play with Mesut Ozil.
“Having said that, I believe about Ozil it’s a wrong statement [from Scholes]. He works very hard and he’s a great player.
“You can be cheated a little bit by his style of play, because he is fluent, easy, subtle and he does not look like he puts the effort in, but he does.”
Such discussion comes in the build up to Arsenal’s dramatic FA Cup tie with Manchester United this Monday – a match that could potentially see the Gunners extent their run in the competition, and maybe even defend their trophy in the process.
If such a notion does in-fact take place, Mesut Ozil’s critics will largely be silenced to the widespread joy of the Emirates faithful.
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