Football: Shunned Ozil understandably disappointed - Arsenal team-mate Mustafi

Shkodran Mustafi says Mesut Ozil is working as hard as he can to reclaim his place in the Arsenal squad. Mustafi: "I can't say too much about [Mesut Ozil's situation at Arsenal] because they've been talking a lot and I just know that Mesut, for me, he's not a team-mate. He's more than a team-mate, he's a friend. I respect him and he's always respected me and everyone else, as far as I've seen. He's going to always have my respect and I'm always going to be there for him if he needs something to motivate him and to push him. But at the moment, every time I see him in training he's doing the best he can. He tries to train well, to be there. Everything else, it's not in my hands. I'm not the one who makes the decisions. "Of course, if you're not in the squad you're going to be disappointed. Even him. I think the last thing you want to see is someone being left out and not being disappointed. That would be the wrong thing. Of course he was disappointed, but on the other hand, he's experienced enough to deal with the situation. As I said, for me the main thing is how I see him on the training pitch and there's nothing negative I can say about him."