Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is "hopeful" a solution is close for Mesut Ozil to leave the club, with the midfielder as short as 1/10 to join Turkish side Fenerbahce during the January transfer window.
The playmaker has only six months left on his current contract and has not featured for the club since March.
He wasn't included in the Gunners' 25-man Premier League squad for the 2020/21 campaign.
“We will decide what is happening in the next few days,” Arteta said. “A decision has to be made when you have to register or not register players, when you have to play them or not play them all the time.
Mesut Ozil next club odds
- Fenerbahce - 1/10
- Any MLS Club - 10/1
- Besiktas - 22/1
- Istanbul Basaksehir - 22/1
- Manchester United - 25/1
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Odds correct at 12:21 GMT (07/01/21)
“We know we have a really important player that is one of key players in the past few seasons for this football club. We had to make a decision, I had to make a decision. I made it. I knew the consequences of it.
“Now we will have to make another one in January and we will just put in the balance what is best thing for the club, what is the best thing for the team and what the intentions of the player are and try to find the right solution.”
Reports linking Fenerbahce with a move for Ozil on Wednesday saw the odds cut drastically, less than 24 hours after he was 1/5 to join any MLS side, with rumours circulating that he was in discussions with DC United.
Ozil, a World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, won the FA Cup three times during his time in north London, although wasn't a part of their most recent success under Arteta in August.
He also helped Arsenal reach the final of the 2019 Europa League, where they were heavily beaten by Chelsea.
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