Ray Parlour thinks Mesut Ozil will be sold by Arsenal after he was snubbed for Monday's draw with Manchester United.

The German playmaker was left out of the match-day squad altogether by Unai Emery, who explained before the 1-1 result: "Today I decided that team and that squad."

Asked about Emery snubbing Ozil, Gunners legend Parlour told talkSPORT: "We don't know what happens behind the scenes, we don't know the atmosphere at training and we don't know his attitude at training.

"Maybe Emery is looking at it wanting a reaction and he's not getting a reaction, so he's saying, 'I'm going to go with the youngsters instead'.

"He's been brave by doing it because Ozil is a World Cup winner and he's on a massive contract at Arsenal.

"But he did probably need someone like Ozil last night to open the door for Aubameyang; he didn't get a lot of service did he?"