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​Arsenal legend Keown on Ozil and Sanchez: Club would be right to sell them

Arsenal legend Martin Keown thinks that the Gunners should sell star players Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez this summer if both of them don't commit their future to the club.

Keown has previously also criticised both players for letting the club down on multiple occasions this season.

Ozil and Sanchez will be able to leave the Gunners for free next summer, but the club is still hopeful of securing new deals with both of them.

"If they have to say cheerio to those two players, then that is the right decision," Keown told BBC Radio 5 live.

"They have been overindulged at times this season and they let Arsenal down in the period when they lost twice to Bayern Munich, conceding 10 goals. That is the level of the problem.

"The manager needs to make some really tough decisions now. Sanchez's contract needs to get 100% secured. Is that going to happen? Will Ozil leave?

" am sure both players want to go elsewhere because they want to win the Champions League, win the Premier League and maybe they do not feel it can be done at Arsenal. The club is bigger than two individuals."

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