{"id":1106354,"date":"2019-09-15T08:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T07:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1106354"},"modified":"2019-09-15T08:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T07:59:23","slug":"shkodran-mustafi-given-another-chance-arsenal-emery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/shkodran-mustafi-given-another-chance-arsenal-emery\/","title":{"rendered":"Emery: Shkodran Mustafi to be given another chance at Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Unai Emery has not closed the door on Shkodran Mustafi after he chose to remain at Arsenal in spite of speculation linking him with a move away this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old German centre-back currently has a strained relationship with the club&#8217;s passionate following which comes as a result of a string of lacklustre performances.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mustafi&#8217;s struggles: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shkodran Mustafi joined Arsenal from Valencia in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s gone on to make 115 appearances for the Gunners in all competitions, scoring eight goals.<\/li>\n<li>Mustafi, though, currently has a strained relationship with supporters.<\/li>\n<li>The 20-time German international was tipped to leave the Emirates in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>After deciding to remain, he&#8217;s yet to play but Arsenal boss Unai Emery is prepared to give him another chance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7367517-de-bruyne-is-on-course-to-break-henry-s-most-impressive-premier-league-record<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s yet to feature under Emery this season with the Spanish tactician preferring a central defensive partnership consisting of summer signing David Luiz and Greek international Sokratis Papastathopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>However, that could soon all change with the Gunners kick-starting their Europa League campaign as well as there being a League Cup fixture against Nottingham Forest on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his current predicament, Emery is content with Mustafi&#8217;s presence and stressed he&#8217;s part of his thoughts as long as the World Cup winner remains proffesional.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018When Beller\u00edn and Tierney are Back\u2026\u2019 Watford vs Arsenal Premier League Preview w\/Nick Bright\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WVkcIGjKT44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mustafi decided to be here and when he decided to be here, he&#8217;s like any other player,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/i-respect-his-decision-emery-backs-mustafi-after-arsenal\/nji2yjqe5tyu1mj7tj5doevjr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I respect his decision. When he decided I spoke to him and said, &#8216;You&#8217;re one more in the squad, I&#8217;m going to work with you as other players&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know exactly who was in his decision [to stay], but when he decided to stay here, it&#8217;s another player in the squad. Since he decided to stay here, he&#8217;s working every day with a big motivation and good spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is one issue I want from every player: training with good spirit, helping and after giving us his performance in training and after, if I decide, in the match.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unai Emery has not closed the door on Shkodran Mustafi after he chose to remain at Arsenal in spite of speculation linking him with a move away this summer. The 27-year-old German centre-back currently has a strained relationship with the club&#8217;s passionate following which comes as a result of a string of lacklustre performances. 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