Mesut Ozil has reportedly warned Turkish wonderkid Arda Guler against a move to former club Arsenal.
The Gunners are monitoring the 18-year-old Fenerbahce ace, who is also attracting attention from Barcelona.
The Premier League club have already signed Kai Havertz and are close to finalising deals for Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber from West Ham and Ajax respectively.
It is gathered that they are also keen on Guler, who’s been labelled the ‘Turkish Messi’ after his impressive displays for Fenerbahce in the last couple of seasons, with reports claiming they ‘started the process’ to sign the teenager over a year ago.
But Mundo Deportivo claim that Ozil has intervened to suggest that he should stay with Fenerbahce to continue his development.
The report adds that Ozil is also keen on Guler to think more about game time at this stage of his career.
Meanwhile, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has already confirmed that the LaLiga champions have opened talks regarding a deal for Guler, whilst the club’s new sporting director Deco travelled to Istanbul for discussions.
“He is a very young player, it is true that our scouts have been following him for a long time and many big clubs in Europe want him. We are talking to Fenerbahce,” Laporta said.
And according to Turkish outlet Hurriyet, Guler is set to meet with Fenerbahce president Ali Koc and coach Ismail Kartal on Monday to discuss his future, ahead of a possible meeting with Real Madrid ambassador Roberto Carlos.
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This one has started behaving like Nigerian ex internationals….. Always warning upcoming players not to go for an adventure……Martin Oldegaad went to Madrid at 17 and many warned him not to…….I agree it didn’t work out well for him at Madrid but that experience has made him even a better player today……He is Arsenal captain and playing in the UCL with Arsenal and are one of the favourites to win the EPL coming season……Allow a player to take a bold step and try himself,if he falls then he learns and moves on with a bigger heart and a stronger mind…… That is true development because the biggest development is mind development…… Osimhen failed in Wolveburge in Germany but that made him even stronger and he has used the lessons he learnt in Germany to bring world football to it knees……You don’t prevent a child from making attempts to walk because you are afraid of the child falling…… Allow the child try and fall then it will learn and become more prepared for walking in life.