Arsenal attacker Mesut Ozil has been left out of the Europa League squad.
Arsenal have announced their travelling squad for the upcoming Europa League away game against Vitoria.
Granit Xhaka does not feature and nor does Mesut Ozil, Sky Sports report.
Ozil had been part of Arsenal’s starting line up in the Carabao Cup last week against Liverpool.
He impressed in his hour on the pitch at Anfield and also featured against Wolves.
There have been vociferous calls for Ozil to be reintegrated into the starting XI, but there is considerably less outrage about the German missing the Vitoria match.
Arsenal have a big game coming up against Leicester City on Sunday and fans are hoping Unai Emery is saving Ozil for the fixture.
Fitting him into the Vitoria squad and the Leicester match would have meant Ozil being asked to feature four times in 10 days, which is probably beyond him at this stage considering his lack of action this season.
If Ozil is selected as part of the squad to take on Leicester then few fans will mind him missing the Europa League match.
If he misses both, then Ozil might be back to square one.
Here is a look at the reaction to Ozil’s Vitoria omission…
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