Arsenal great Tony Adams insists Mesut Ozil can still have a future with the Gunners.

Adams has urged Arteta to bring Mesut Ozil back into the first-team fold at Arsenal, suggesting the German can be the "cherry on the cake".

"Ozil for me is one of the best creative players in the world," Adams said on Sky Sports' The Football Show. "What he struggles with at times is the defensive side.

"To win the league we need great players, like Dennis Bergkamp. Now and again I would ask Dennis to get back in behind the ball and just do a little bit for us. That's all Ozil needs to do.

"But when you're putting him on the sides and asking him to go with runners, he's not got that in him. But with [Thomas] Partey he's got someone who can [do that]."