DBasia.news – Marc Overmars, Director of Sports Ajax Amsterdam, advised his former club, Arsenal, to sell Mesut Ozil and buy Ajax player, Hakim Ziyech.
Arsenal have so far only recruited one player in the summer transfer market. The player is a young Brazilian striker, Gabriel Martinelli. Apart from the transfer, the Gunners’ maneuver was somewhat sluggish.
Given that Arsenal have a spending limit of up to 45-50 million pounds, they have to sell players before buying new players. Overmars suggested selling Ozil and then the sales money was used to recruit Ziyech.
“I believe Hakim Ziyech is better than Mesut Ozil. I would advise Arsenal to sell Ozil and buy Ziyech with half the sales money, but they did not listen to me,” said Overmars, quoted from Calciomercato.
“Now, there is a good chance that Hakim will stay at Ajax for another season,” continued the Dutchman.
Ziyech had a purchase clause of 25 million euros and performed great last season, played 29 times, scored 16 goals and gave 12 assists. In contrast to Ziyech, Ozil’s performance dropped dramatically at Arsenal.