Arsenal keeper Petr Cech believes Mesut Ozil's remarkable season has set the standard the rest of the squad to emulate.

The struggles of the remainder of Gunners squad did not stop them from claiming their best league finish since 2005, second ahead of Tottenham, but Wenger's side were effectively out of the title race by March and finished 10 points behind Leicester.

"He's been brilliant all season," Cech told the club website. "Not only is he providing all of these assists, but in a game he is very important and very useful and he has improved in terms of goals scored.

"You could see that his overall game has been brilliant all year, so he definitely deserves to get the Player of the Season award. He's raised the bar for next season so good luck to him for being able to keep it that high.

"He has great vision and, whatever he sees, he sees it much better than anyone else. He can execute the pass as well or use that space, with his movement or his pass. His quality with the ball, his passing and vision is extraordinary."