Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hit out at former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes for criticising Mesut Ozil.
Scholes debated the work ethic of the German midfielder, saying in a recent interview that he felt the former Real Madrid man was just strolling through games.
However, Wenger has insisted that the 26-year-old puts in 100% each game and determined to improve on weekly basis.
He told reporters: “I think a player like Paul Scholes would have loved to play with Mesut Ozil. Having said that, I believe about Ozil it’s a wrong statement [from Scholes]. He works very hard and he’s a great player.
“He has something to prove and he knows that. We are all in a job where in every single game we have to prove a point. I believe he has the quality, he puts a lot of effort in to help the team and he works much harder than his style shows.
“You can be cheated a little bit by his style of play, because he is fluent, easy, subtle and he does not look like he puts the effort in, but he does. I knew he had a good physical potential, but did not know how good he was physically. He has a huge physical potential.”