Schalke manager Andreas Muller has told midfielder Mesut Ozil that he can leave the club.
Ozil told he can leave
Schalke manager Andreas Muller has told midfielder Mesut Ozil that he can leave the club.
The Germany U21 star is regarded as one of the most talented youngsters in Gelsenkirchen, but his relationship to the club's management team has nosedived since he refused to accept a new contract extension.
Crisis talks at the Royal Blues' winter training camp in Turkey failed to bring a solution and Ozil has now been given permission to look for pastures new.
"We have told his agent that we are prepared to start negotiating about a sale straight away," Muller told Bild, before adding that he felt that the player was "remote controlled" by his agent and his father.
Ozil, who has made eleven Bundesliga appearances and four in the Champions League for Schalke this season, is expected to command a fee of between four and seven million euros.
