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Arsenal pushing hard to find buyer for Mesut Ozil

Arsenal are pushing hard to find a buyer for Mesut Ozil.

Gunners manager Unai Emery is under increasing pressure to cash in on his highest earner as the club could be hit by a pre-tax loss of more than £50million.

Emery, 47, has £45m for new buys — and lost Aaron Ramsey, Danny Welbeck, Petr Cech and Stephan Lichtsteiner for free.

The only way he can increase that budget is by selling those he does not want — and Ozil, 30, is top of his hit list, especially with his eye-popping £350,000-a-week salary, says The Sun.

Turkish giants Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas would love to sign him but none could pay Arsenal's £30m asking price, as well as his £18m-a-year wages.

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