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Arsene Wenger compares Mesut Ozil to Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp
“They are really comparable”, Wenger said.
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Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, Francis Coquelin, Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta are all now sidelined, meaning defender Calum Chambers had to play central midfield in the 2-0 victory over Bournemouth.
Wenger has had a player like that in the past, in club great Dennis Bergkamp.
Expressing his confidence in breaking that duck, the current league leader’s stopper said: “I believe this team has the qualities to win games and hopefully we will manage to go all the way in the league”.
“I always think: “Okay, it’s true that he hasn’t played many games in recent years”. We have to be guided by playing better football.
“I can say as well that everybody wants to win it. And if you were in the game you would think that’s not the case – everybody wants to win it but it’s hard”, Wenger told Arsenal’s official website.
Speaking on the possibility of Debuchy leaving next month, Wenger said: “It is not impossible that he leaves”.
Premier League table-toppers Arsenal are next in action on Saturday when they host Newcastle United.
“They can, of course”, he replied when asked if England could win the tournament.
“We are mature and the most important thing is at the end of the season to know we’ve given everything”. If a team is better than us, fair enough.
The Czech global has proved a valuable acquisition in the first half of 2015-16 and Wenger lavished yet more praise on the 33-year-old after he broke the Premier League clean sheet record in the win over AFC Bournemouth.
“I trust him completely”.
The in-form Ozil has made more first-team appearances than any other Gunners player this season, missing only one game – a Capital One Cup tie – since late September.
The French manager has in the past admitted that he does not want to sign players mid-season, while a number of January additions over the years have failed to make an impact in North London.
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“I don’t believe that at all”, the Frenchman said in response to a suggestion that Wilshere was doubtful for the Euro 2016 tournament in France.