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Imminent Arsenal signing admits current Gunner told him to join

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New Arsenal signing Shkodran Mustafi has admitted that he spoke with international team-mate Mesut Ozil before joining the North London club.

The Germany international centre-half is set to move to the Emirates Stadium before the transfer window closes on Wednesday, with every possibility that his capture will be announced today.

Mustafi has been linked with a move to Arsenal over recent months but there has been a delay in the deal due to Valencia playing hardball over the transfer fee.

However, with the former Everton youth player now competing a medical with Arsene Wenger’s men, he is set to be added to the Gunners squad for the 2016-17 season.

Mustafi has confessed that Ozil had only positive things to say about Arsenal and that his testimony played a part in convincing the defender to move to North London.

“I talked to Mesut,” Mustafi told Sky Sports.

“He told me everything I wanted to know. Everything was positive, so I was convinced very fast. It did not take much.”

Arsenal have a number of German players on their books, with the likes of Per Mertesacker and Serge Gnabry also in Wenger’s group.

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