Arsenal coach, Unai Emery, has urged Shkodran Mustafi and Mohamed Elneny to leave the club before the European transfer window closes, for the sake of their careers.
Mustafi and Elneny have been off the pitch since the season began, with Emery confirming that the duo are surplus to requirements.
“We have some players and they know their situation. For example, Elneny and Mustafi, they know their situation in the squad,” Emery told SkySports ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Liverpool on Saturday.
“I want the players to be happy here, I want the players to be protagonists here, and last year, for example, with Mustafi and Mo, when they didn’t play, they weren’t happy.
“I spoke with them a lot of times last year in this position and I think it is positive for them to leave and to sign for another team where they can be protagonists, they can be happy and can continue their careers as players.
“They are very big players but here for one circumstance or another circumstance they are going to have less chances to show their capacity or to be happy with us taking minutes of playing matches.
READ ALSO: $3bn fraud: FBI names Nigerians as ringleaders of email scam syndicate
“They know the situation, I am wishing the best for them and I think now the best for them is to be protagonists in another team, to sign and to get another challenge for them and continue with another team.
“But with [a lot of] respect, they are training with us but they know their situation and I am wishing only the best for them.”
Given their current standing, it is unexpected that either Elneny or Mustafi will play any part in Saturday’s Premier League trip to Liverpool.