Arsenal: 5 Takeaways From New Mesut Ozil Contract

5. Alexis less convinced?

Don’t get me wrong, I am totally thrilled that Mesut Ozil has supposedly signed. I have said it before and I will say it again, Ozil was much more crucial than Alexis. But that doesn’t mean that Alexis isn’t crucial. And by that standard, it always felt like the two would be in this together. Like a package deal.

One stays, they both stay. One leaves goes, they both leave.

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Assuming that to be the case, if Ozil’s new contract is true, would it therefore mean that Alexis is less convinced than Ozil of the direction that this club is going? Is he not a believer?

It’s no more than a conspiracy theory at this point, but there is no denying that if Ozil signs and Alexis doesn’t, there are going to be some huge questions, so I am just getting them out of the way beforehand.

I don’t think that this is any reason to go crying out that Alexis is leaving, but it is bothersome that premature reports indicate that Ozil has signed while Alexis, who was more of a doubt, has had no such links.

Speaking of ‘what about that guy’ questions. What about that other, other guy?