Mesut Ozil, Sokratis out of Premier League squad for 2020/2021 season

German international, Mesut Ozil has been left out of Arsenal’s Premier League squad for the 2020/21 season.

The 32-year-old who is the highest-paid player in Arsenal’s history, played in every Premier League game under Mikel Arteta until the season was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic – and has not featured since.

The German World Cup winner has been available this season until now but Premier League clubs had to name a 25-man squad after the closure of both the international and domestic transfer windows.

Centre-back Sokratis has also been omitted from the 25-man squad. Both players will only be able to represent Arsenal U23s until 2021 at the earliest as Ozil’s contract at the Emirates Stadium expires next summer.

Arsenal currently has 19 non-homegrown players over the age of 21, two more than the limit allowed by both the Premier League and UEFA.

Arsenal’s Premier League squad –

Cedric Soares, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Hector Bellerin (homegrown), Willian, Dani Ceballos, Calum Chambers (homegrown), Gabriel, Mohamed Elneny, Rob Holding (homegrown), Sead Kolasinac, Alexandre Lacazette, Bernd Leno, Matt Macey (homegrown), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (homegrown), Pablo Mari, David Luiz, Shkodran Mustafi, Thomas Partey, Nicolas Pepe, Alex Runar Runarsson, Kieran Tierney, Granit Xhaka

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Mesut Ozil, Sokratis out of Premier League squad for 2020/2021 season

Arsenal’s Premier League squad –

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