Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, is filled with pity for player Mesuth Ozil and other players he has not been fielding.
Ozil’s situation has particularly provoked debates as some pundits believe that he is in a better form than some of the players Arteta parades.
The footballer too has occasionally been expressing his frustration, wondering why he is being left to watch others play.
He earns a50,000 pounds a week, though.
Addressing the matter in an interview, the coach said he appreciated the footballer’s frustration but he could not do anything about it yet.
He said: “What you can do is just try to be open with them, tell them your intentions, the role that they have in the team and why that is. They are entitled to make the decision in their lives because they have a contract here.
“Some would like to move because they are not playing and some would like to stay. That’s something we cannot decide by ourselves.
“When a player doesn’t play, it is really difficult to be happy,” he said. “The profession is to play football. When they are sitting on the bench, they are being supportive of the team but they are not doing what they love in this life.
“At the end of the day, you have to find minutes for everybody, but you need some consistency as well in your line-ups. When we have four competitions it’s much easier, it’s healthier.
“There is another factor, that we have a large squad this season. There are players that don’t play at all. There are players, even in the squad, they know they are not going to have any chance.
“That is tough mentally for them, to maintain that motivation and positivity around the place for a lot of months. That’s a big task.”
