The last time Mertezaker went on the field in the T-shirt Arsenal on January 7 in the FA Cup. Since then, the German only four times got on the bench.

"One day comes and you realize that you have become a burden. When the game begins, my stomach turns out and makes me very sick. Then I'm suffocating, "said Mertesacker.

"Nevertheless, even if I had to tear before each game and then undergo a severe rehabilitation, I would repeat it again. It cost all the memories, but with my body it's all over ".

"Now I'm better off sitting on a bench or bleachers than playing for Arsenal," said the defender.

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