Peter Crouch says Arsenal are heading in the direction of a Premier League relegation battle – and never even Mezut Ozil’s return will assist the membership.
Saturday’s 2-1 reverse at Everton was their fifth defeat in seven video games and has resulted of their worst factors return – 14 from 14 matches – since 1974-75.
Their woeful type has piled the stress on Arteta, who marked his one-year anniversary on the membership on Sunday with the membership fifteenth within the league and simply 4 factors above the drop zone.
The Gunners’ woes coincides with the continued dispute with Ozil, who was bizarrely overlooked of Arteta’s 25-man Premier League squad this season and appears set to go away the membership.
Ozil has been vocal on Twitter this season, typically making posts that implies a divide with membership chiefs, and Crouch believes that Ozil’s profession at Arsenal is over.
Writing within the Each day Mail, he stated: “I don’t suppose for one minute that bringing him again -no matter how a lot of a category participant he’s – will spark the change they want.
“I can perceive folks asking why Mikel Arteta hasn’t tried it, however the supervisor has clearly made his thoughts up.
“This subject isn’t sustainable. I performed for Tottenham, however I’ve large respect for Arsenal.
“The Arsenal I knew wouldn’t have put itself able the place a participant is ready to tweet after a recreation, hinting at division and undermining the supervisor, as Ozil has accomplished.”
Arsenal have misplaced eight occasions in whole and solely backside aspect Sheffield United have a worse file.
And Crouch went on to recommend that Arsenal are in a relegation disaster.
He added: “Because it stands, Arsenal are heading in the direction of a relegation battle and it exhibits how badly issues have gone since Arsene Wenger left.
“The Unai Emery experiment was a catastrophe and in the meanwhile you can’t see the place the subsequent three factors will come from.
“I hear folks say they are going to strengthen in January, however who’re they going to purchase? Extra to the purpose, who’s going to need to come to the Emirates?
“Sure, it was all roses in July once they received the FA Cup, however the momentum from that win over Chelsea has utterly gone.
“It wants greater than Ozil to get it again.”