Mesut Ozil didn’t travel with Arsenal for the Newcastle game [Unconfirmed reports]

The tweet above suggests that Arsenal will be without their star player Mesut Ozil at the St.James park to play Newcastle later today.

The reports are still unconfirmed, but if it's true Arsenal will be without the German midfielder.

Though, Ozil needs the rest as he is new to the English Premier League and in the previous leagues he played, they always have winter breaks.

Arsene Wenger recently acknowledged the need for Ozil to get some downtime, telling reporters: In Germany and most of Europe they have Christmas off and at some stage I will have to give him a break.

On the positive side, Jack Wilshere is returning to the team.

Ozil has played 31 games for both Arsenal and Germany this season, scoring 9 goals with 13 assists.