Ozil offers to pay for Gunnersaurus to stay at Arsenal
Mesut Ozil has offered to pay the salary of the man inside Arsenal’s Gunnersaurus outfit to save the ‘famous and loyal’ mascot from extinction.
Jerry Quy, who had played the role of the furry dinosaur on matchdays for 7 years was let go as part of covid-19 cost-cutting.
But in a new twist, Ozil tweeted that he was happy to pay for Quy to continue in the role after celebrities including Holly Willoughby, Jack Whitehall and Piers Morgan joined the campaign to save the Gunnersaurus.
Ozil, who earns 350,000 Pounds a week, tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, “I was so sad that Jerry Quy, aka, our famous and loyal mascot @Gunnersaurus and integral part of our club was being made redundant after 27 years.
‘As such, I’m offering to reimburse @Arsenal with the full salary of our big green guy as long as i will be an Arsenal player so Jerry can continue his job that he loves so much.
In response, an Arsenal spokesperson insisted, “Gunnersaurus is not extinct and will return to action when fans are allowed back at matches’.