Arsenal legend Lee Dixon believes that Unai Emery is making a mistake in his treatment of Mesut Ozil.

The Gunners coach has refused to select Ozil in his squad for many of the club's recent games. He has not played a full 90 minutes in almost two months.

And Dixon thinks it is not a promising situation.

He told 5 Live's Football Daily Podcast: "It's going to take time, I know it's an easy thing to say, but a new manager coming in has got to be given time as well and he's had his handcuffs on as well behind his back, he's got the problem with Ozil.

"I thought he's dealt with the Ozil situation pretty well, to be honest, with the media situation and how it's been. How he's talked about it and how he's left him out.

"But now the fans have started to get twitchy saying: 'look, you've done that little bit of keeping him out the side and then trying to educate him on what is needed to get in the side, but we don't care anymore.

"'We just want some quality in there.'

"Because they've seen the likes of Alexis [Sanchez] leaving the club, and they've seen Ramsey leaving in the summer, and they're now looking and saying: 'where is the creativity from midfield?'

"That's a real big problem for Arsenal at the moment."