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title: "Arsenal and Manchester United linked with Oguzhan Ozyakup"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/07/31/arsenal-manchester-united-linked-oguzhan-ozyakup/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-07-31T18:27:44Z"
modified: "2016-07-31T18:27:44Z"
---

# Arsenal and Manchester United linked with Oguzhan Ozyakup

Manchester United, Arsenal and Valencia are all interested in signing Besiktas midfielder Oguzhan Ozyakup, who is also linked with a move to West Ham.

Spanish source [Deporte Valenciano](https://www.deportevalenciano.com/2016/07/26/ozyakup-sustituto-andre-gomes) have claimed that both Arsene Wenger Jose Mourinho is interested in signing the 23-year-old midfielder who was once part of the [Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) youth set up.

The Gunners signed Ozyakup to their academy from AZ Alkmaar in 2008 where he spent four years and never made a [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) appearance for [Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) before joining Besiktas in a £350,000 deal in 2012.

![Clive Rose/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/07/541963410.jpg)

Ozyakup worked with Slaven Bilic during his two years as Besiktas manager and he recently branded the midfielder as the ‘Turkish Mesut Ozil’ during his time with ITV working [Euro 2016](https://readeuro2016.com/).

Capped 23 times by Turkey, Ozyakup has two years left to run on his contract with Besiktas who are willing to cash-in on the midfielder should an offer of €20m (£16.8m) come in.

[West Ham have been linked](https://readwestham.com/2016/06/14/dortmund-join-west-ham-ozyakup-race/) with a move for the former [Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) starlet earlier this summer but are yet to make an official bid.