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Craig Bellamy: 'Mesut Ozil should move left to accommodate Aaron Ramsey'

Craig Bellamy says that Mesut Ozil should move to left midfield to accommodate Aaron Ramsey in a more attacking central role for Arsenal.

Craig Bellamy has claimed that Arsenal would be better off if Arsene Wenger moved Mesut Ozil to a position on the wide left of midfield to accommodate Aaron Ramsey in the centre.

Ozil has been a key performer in a central role for the Gunners so far this season, racking up five goals and 12 assists in 19 games in all competitions so far, while Ramsey has been playing in a more deep-lying role since returning from a month's injury absence.

However, after the Welshman scored in Arsenal's 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Saturday, his former international teammate insists that he should take Ozil's place in a more attacking central position.

"For me, Aaron has to play in a three [in midfield]," Bellamy told Sky Sports News. "He has to be in the centre for me. If you are going to ask him to sit [deeper] then you are restricting a lot of his game.

"Ozil has played left at certain times, and Aaron has played right a lot as well. It is not just me being biased, I have known Aaron since he was five years of age, but I would play him central instead of Ozil.

"It might be a difficult statement at this moment because of Ozil's [form], but I feel personally watching his game and watching him develop over the last couple of years that he is one of the top central players in world football when he is fit and he proved that last summer when Barcelona wanted him."

Arsenal face a winner-takes-all clash with Olympiacos in their final Champions League Group F match on Wednesday night.

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