Julian Draxler has put Premier League giants Arsenal on red alert after admitting he wants to leave Bundesliga side Wolfsburg.
The Germany international has been strongly linked with a move to the Premier League side in recent weeks, with Arsene Wenger keen to bolster in the final third this summer.
Draxler only moved to Wolfsburg 12 months ago from Schalke having been on the cusp of a switch to Juventus at the time, yet is now prepared to secure a move away from the one-time German champions.
The The 22-year-old has voiced his unhappiness at comments coming out about his future at the club, telling German publication Bild: “Before you go public like that, you really should speak with me first.
“The situation with me is that I made it clear to (coach) Dieter Hecking after we were knocked out of Euro 2016 in the semi-final that I would like to leave Wolfsburg.
“The coach has known about this for three weeks.
“It’s very surprising that they have been talking about me to the media for weeks. I would have expected things to be different, for example for one of them to come to me and ask me how things are with me.”
The news will appeal to Arsenal, who have been credited with an interest in Draxler for much of the summer.
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Draxler is really stupid, he thought he could go anytime as soon as a big name knocks on the door but didn't even read his contract properly. As his manager stated today his contract says that he is not allowed to leave the club before August 2017 for an amount of 75 mio € and that this was quite obvious. Draxler totally embarrassed himself now unfortunately...
This is a terrible development that has taken place amongst young players in recent years. Draxler has a contract until 2020 ! He signed that contract out of his own will and wasn't forced to do so. And now he complains that the management has not talked to him and said via media that he is not for sale? What were they supposed to do, tell him that they won't fire him yet? He has played for Wolfsburg just one season and now he wants to leave but is upset that they won't let him and goes to the newspaper complaining ? What's the matter with this guy, he has a valid contract, doesn't that count anymore?