Arsenal star Mesut Ozil enjoys dinner with 'La Familia' ahead of trip to West Brom
- Mesut Ozil has not played since Arsenal's 1-1 draw with rivals Tottenham
- Midfielder was left out of the Germany squad which played France
- Ozil enjoyed dinner out on Thursday night, captioning a photo 'La Familia'
- Arsene Wenger insists he is in no rush to tie Ozil down to a new contract
Mesut Ozil enjoyed some downtime on Thursday evening as he dined with out with his 'familia'.
The Arsenal midfielder, who will be part of Arsene Wenger's squad for Saturday's visit to West Brom, took to Instagram to share a snap of himself with three others.
The group appear to be eating at an Italian restaurant, with Ozil captioning the photo 'La Familia'.
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil (right) poses alongside members of his family during dinner on Thursday
Ozil tries to get away from Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele during this month's north London derby
Ozil poses with Mandy Capristo, who is believed to be dating, at the Bambi awards in Berlin last week
The former Real Madrid star should be fresh for the game at the Hawthorns after being left out of the Germany squad due to the lack of a winter break in England.
He missed his country's 2-0 defeat by France in Paris last Friday, while the world champions saw their friendly with Holland cancelled due to a security threat in Hannover.
Ozil has been in fine form for Arsenal this season, laying on 10 assists in the Premier League and scoring once against Manchester United.
Despite the 27-year-old's consistent displays, Wenger insists the club have not yet discussed a new contract with him.
Ozil tussles with Everton midfielder Ross Barkley during the Gunners' 2-1 victory late last month
Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier attempts to track Ozil as the Arsenal man drives forward at the Emirates
'We have not started to talk about that with Mesut Ozil,' Wenger said during his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
'[Sanchez] is the same situation - at the end of the year they have two-and-a-half years' contract.
'We have some time. We are not in a hurry. We want of course for them to stay in the club, adn we'll start negotiations at some stage, but at the moment we have not started.'
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