Ex-Arsenal Man Mesut Ozil Excluded from Fenerbahce Squad Indefinitely After Altercation with Manager

• Mesut Ozil has been indefinitely suspended by his club Fenerbahce in what is a blow to the 33-year-old’s career
• The exclusion from the squad was a decision made by interim manager Ismail Kartal, after Ozil allegedly had an altercation with the gaffer
• The German will now be unable to train with the first team ahead of their next league game

Former Arsenal man Mesut Ozil has been axed from the Fenerbahce squad indefinitely over an alleged verbal altercation.

This comes only three days after the 33-year-old captained the team in a 2-1 home win over Konyaspor.

Daily Mail reports that Ozil was excluded from the squad after an altercation with the club’s interim manager Ismail Kartal and a lack of fitness in his last game.

Fenerbahce confirmed the new development through their Twitter page in a cryptic message.

'Our Football A Team players Mesut Ozil and Ozan Tufan were excluded from the squad as per the decision taken. It is announced to the public,' a statement read.

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The Turkish giants also said that they would reveal the reason behind Ozil’s omission in due course.

Against Konyaspor, Ozil only lasted 45 minutes and was hauled off at half time.

What does it mean for Ozil

His exclusion from the squad means Ozil is now unable to take part in first team training sessions ahead of his team’s away fixture against Kayserispor.

There is however no indication of the length of the suspension of both Ozil and fellow team mate Ozan Tufan.

Ozil is however expected to be reintegrated back to the squad once a permanent manager steps in but until then, he risks being sidelined until the end of the campaign.

The former Arsenal man has made a total of 37 appearances for Fenerbahce since leaving Arsenal in controversial circumstances, and all his nine goals for the club have come in his 26 appearances this season.

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Ozil fails to acknowledge Arsenal

Recently, Ozil made news after he blatantly declined to recite a famous slogan he used to say when he was at Arsenal.

Years since his Arsenal departure and Ozil seems to have made his feelings clear about Arsenal after he was put on the spot by an Arsenal fan.

Ozil did not mince his words in his response to the request, saying, "No no, it's not gonna happen."