Unai Emery denies rift with Mesut Özil after Arsenal midfielder left out

• Arsenal manager says Özil was ill for West Ham match
• Emery dismisses reports Özil stormed out of training session

Unai Emery has strongly denied reports that Mesut Özil was left out of Arsenal’s squad for the 3-1 victory over West Ham after a training ground argument with his manager.

Özil was ruled out of Emery’s first win since succeeding Arsène Wenger because he was ill – the seventh occasion since the start of 2017 the midfielder has been listed as sick.

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