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There is more confusion as to the future of Mohamed Elneny at Arsenal.
Over the weekend, reports emerged suggesting that the club were prepared to let him leave on a free transfer in January, with Turkish club Galatasaray apparently waiting in the wings with a contract offer for him.
His father though claims that he has been told that Arsenal want him until the end of the season when his current contract runs out.
Now there are suggestions that he is not being offered a new deal at the club for reasons that have nothing to do with football.
Previously it had been suggested that Mikel Arteta did not believe that the Egyptian did not fit his style of play, but now it appears that Elneny’s public support for the cause of Palestine may have upset some of the club’s sponsors, and they have put pressure on the Gunners not to offer him a new contract.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.