An Arsenal player must have leaked the news of Mesut Ozil rejecting a pay-cut, former Tottenham striker Darren Bent has claimed.

It was revealed earlier this week that three players had rejected the club's proposed 12.5 per cent pay-cut, with Ozil named as one of them.

And Bent thinks there is a 'snake' in the Gunners dressing room.

He told talkSPORT: "There's obviously a snake in that dressing room, which is not good.

"When you're in a sporting environment with the guys in the dressing room, you're like a small family, but at times people do cross the line.

"I'd be in there making phone calls trying to find out who it was that leaked the story, because if there's three of us [who rejected a pay cut], I shouldn't be the only one being named."