Allegri wants United job, Ozil to leave in January

The Daily Mail believes that Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil will be allowed to leave the club in January after failing to make the squad for their game on Monday against Manchester United. 

Ozil has a contract that runs until 2021 that pays £350,000 a week, and Arsenal are prepared to subsidise his wages in order to facilitate a loan or permanent move away. 

Allegri wants United job 

Massimiliano Allegri has started learning English with a view to a job in the Premier League, reports the Guardian. The former Juventus manager is technically contracted to the Italian champions until 2020 but that is not expected to be a problem, and the manager has eyes on the Manchester United. The club are not yet ready to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but would consider Allegri on their shortlist. 

*** The Guardian reports that Allegri would consider the job even if United are not in the Champions League, but he should remember that at Juventus he had perhaps the most astute recruitment team in football, and at United he would have Ed Woodward. Perhaps the challenge is attractive nonetheless, but it feels as if he is underestimating just how poor United are.

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