The Curious Case of Mesut Özil
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- Mesut Özil is one of the most polarizing players to enter the footballing world over the past few years. But the reason for his controversy is unlike anything we've been witness to in some time.
From being labelled as lazy to going up against an entire country, he's had a heck of a ride. Today, we take a look at what went down and how things took a turn for the worst.
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I'd say he peaked in 15/16 when he almost broke the assist record, however he's become a victim of the changes in football in recent years where the sole No 10 player has been phased out and everyone now plays high press with 8/10 hybrids.
yh i was gonna say his downfall coincides with the death of the 10 even james is in d toilet
he also just got old. he was never the most physically gifted, and when you lose what little you have, it's hard to keep up.
Modric, Xavi, Gundogan, Xabi Alonso and others really ruined the game for MDs who can't press, defend, bounce from box to box, assist and score at the same time.
Mesut Özil peaked in 2011/12 when Real Madrid won La Liga with ease. But less then 2 years later he signed for Arsenal and his decline started from then on.
a really good pure 10 will always be relevant. When you have players as good as, say, Totti in his prime, the role will never die.
As a man who has followed Arsenal very closely during most of my life, I was hyped to see Ozil arrive to the club. But to me, Ozil was a player that needed to be surrounded by a few other world class players to succeed. He is the assist king. Not a natural-born scorer. His passes were on point, but he did not always have the best players to follow on his passes. At least that's how I felt growing up as a teen and watching the team.
Ozil and Sanchez had a good partnership at Arsenal.
I think Ozil's "decline" started after Sanchez left to United.
Along with Cazorla who always kept the area behind Ozil save (mostly).
Arsenal made him play with giroud ... not a bad player but def not world class
@Abdul Raheem well that is just not true tho, he played 13 matches after making comments against chinas regime. Most people don’t actually recognize this, but he was dropped because he played bad consistently and wasn’t a good team player
I disagree with this video.
You cannot say he fell when the club finished 8th twice in a row after getting rid of him.
Same with Aubamayeng. It's just the club being good at finding scapegoats
@@maisman5079 Remember the premier league got into horrid financial trouble and was shut down for a while with Covid after that. Arsenal was in financial disarray. China refused to sell arsenal match AND promote arsenal if Ozil wasn’t left out. And tbh his performances weren’t even that bad. If he was left out because of ability I don’t see why other players like Chaimbers, luiz, Xhaka were put in.
So basically man's had everything stripped from him because he stood up for what he believed in. It's unbelievably tragic 💔
his story basically made me hate china arsenal and germany
stood for disinformation, terrorism, finger off to the country which gave him an enviroment to play football.
@@dutchmilk Ah yes I remember China give him football
that's not what actually happened, but okay. Look what happened AGAIN at Fenerbahce.
@@TechGeForce585 you assume i am from China? What a racist. I am suppose I can assume you are from the sewer.
Mesut Ozil was one of the most talented players/midfielders of his generation, the ammouny of assists he got are insane, and if only his prime would have been longer, he would be reagrded as one of the greatest to do it
The guy was unreal
No. Where. Near. Dennis Bergkamp. Level
It’s true but the end of classic nmbr 10 era has impacted him
I disagree with this video.
You cannot say he fell when the club finished 8th twice in a row after getting rid of him.
Same with Aubamayeng. It's just the club being good at finding scapegoats
@@Timbone07many clubs still want Aubameyang but for ozil no one wants him, his role is dead for good.
Ozil is the best example of a player your children will ask you about. Of how good he actually was.
Its so sad to see such a class player , in his downfall
I don’t agree !
Ozil is still professional footballer and you call it downfall no downfall do you play football? Maybe on fifa
I disagree with this video.
You cannot say he fell when the club finished 8th twice in a row after getting rid of him.
Same with Aubamayeng. It's just the club being good at finding scapegoats
Its the downfall of arsenal
He’s been trash for years lol. He barley did anything in the WC2014. We didn’t need him
There is one more aspect to his story with Germany that you probably wont know about unless youre from Germany. Many Germans perceive our turkish diaspora, or atleast a large part of it, as being unwilling to integrate into german society. They see them call themselves proud turks, raising the turkish flag or even diffimate Germany in extreme cases. Many Turks in Germany saw Özil as a traitor for playing in the german national team instead of the turkish one. When Turkey and Germany met in international games you would have masses of turks( and german turks) boo Özil and call him a traitor. Germans on the other hand made Özil a Symbol of integration of sorts, praising him for his loyalty to germany and for not giving in to the pressure by turks.
But when he posed with Erdogan and called him "his president" the germans that supported him all this time felt betrayed. Seeing this beacon of integration having his allegiance called into question once again sparked many debates about the integration of turks in germany and these debates have a tendency to turn toxic and racist as it is a very delicate matter to say the least. I think all of this was a very unfortunate misunderstanding. Özil probably just did the thing that seemed most sensible to him by playing for the team with the higher chance of winning an international trophy.
Ah I see. yes I didn't know that, thanks!
That's actually spot on!
I went to school in Germany and there was always a problem with the integration of Turkish or Middle Eastern immigrants as well as their children.
Özil knew exactly why many Germans were upset, but blaming it on racism was just nonsense...
Wasn't it also around the time that Özil posed with Erdogan that the military coup allegedly led by the Gülen movement was happening, in which Özil stating Erdogan was his president was adding even more fuel to an already pretty big fire? *edit* Nope, that military coup happened in 2016, Özil posing with Erdogan in 2018. My bad.
By the way, we have a similar issue here in the Netherlands with people of Moroccan and (albeit to somewhat of a lesser extent) Turkish descent feeling more Moroccan or Turkish than Dutch, and I can imagine this also being a thing in other European countries where muslims make up a reasonable minority within the population. For some reason, it seems like something just doesn't want to work out there. Maybe too big a clash between cultures?
Your perspective is quite on point. Though there is an aspect that you need to understand. The point you make about Turks claiming to be proud Turks in Germany isn't something that is exclusive to Turks in Germany. It's something that has happened and is continuing to happen all over the world. I am a Turk in America and I call myself a proud Turk here a lot. It's doesn't necessarily mean I don't claim to be American. Being a first gen immigrant is very troublesome. I can't claim to be full Turkish or full American by identity. Culture clashes and it's a huge melting pot of cultures that don't aline with one or the other. There's nothing particular bad about what any immigrant does when they claim their place of origin.
I actually wasn't aware of the Turkish fans hating on Özil. All I know is that Fatih Terim ( Turkish coach of the time) didn't want Özil saying "i can't find 10 ozils in our youth teams" which as you can see, he didn't. Surprisingly Turkey didn't even consider him to be special and we suffered from that. I could be wrong about the Turkish fans during the euro qualifiers but then again it was 12 years ago.
Very interesting comment.
Do a video on Karim Benzema. He was super underrated during Ronaldo’s time in Madrid and now people are finally appreciating him. The man is going through his second prime
Benzema has blown me away. I was driving and listening to PSG v. Real Madrid, so when PSG scored and I arrived at my destination I didn’t feel so bad missing the second half. 3 huge huge goals. Demonstrating both the ability to be there for the easy goal and create for himself. Huge.
A please would be nice
@@gingerbob14 It would be but I doubt Football Iconic is so soft as to ask for a please when I'm giving him an idea/suggestion
as a Madrid fan, yeah a lot of us definitely underestimated him. He's earned my respect and then some haha, boy was I wrong about him
@@Yarblocosifilitico certainly, i now cringe a lot about the time when i thought morata was better than him.
He never should have left Real Madrid imo, you could tell that Ozil loved playing with the likes of C. Ronaldo and Benzema. Ozil was one of the best midfielders in the world back then, and what everyone loved was his symbiotic connection with Ronaldo everytime Ozil made a great pass, Ronaldo would score 9 times out of 10. He was a forwards dream player. In fact if you look at Ozil's best XI it's mostly comprised of Real Madrid players.
He should have gone to teams like Bayern, Juve or Man City after leaving Madrid. Like I get that he did great with Arsenal in his first season, but it was evident to see that he wasn't enjoying his football that much there, like I remember in the games where Arsenal got battered against Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea he was sulking. He clearly wasn't used to regular humblings. But to his dismay it never really improved much from then on, there would be some occasions of his brilliance but ultimately Arsenal was a sinking ship.
Yeah Özil was doing dream passes on a permanent basis back then. However I think one of the reasons they sold them was the game against Dortmund. In the first match they were battered with 4:1 and one of the reasons for the heavy defeat for me was their midfield. Mourinho even said after it that Dortmund was way more aggressive and better at pressing than Madrid. Özil on paper did well since he provided the assist with a super pass for Ronaldo. But the midfield was easily overrun (Khedira and Xabi alone couldn't control the match). Özil had one of the fewest involvement of all players and did what he did alost in his career: He ghosted. His defensive performance was none existant and he didn't do anything against the pressure. Couldn't hold a ball to release some stress for his team, he simply disappeared.
@xionliing sh I know about the Bale transfer but remember they had other players they could have sold as well. Özil wasn't a player that was deemed irreplacable. The same window they bought Isco for not much less than they sold Özil for.
There is a club that everyone works best with. For both Ozil and Ronaldo, they were able to reach greater heights at Real Madrid.
yeah as a german with turkish ancestory... thats when you should go to bayern. living the dream of social repression and racisim.
sorry but bavaria is only nice if you are white.
Özil is a legend. Even with everyone trying to drag his name through the mud often he stuck to his values. Wish he had more supportive clubs
Very good vid. I was unaware that he was so charitable. I remember getting mad at him when I saw "El Chucky" Lozano easily dribble past him to score vs Germany in the world cup. However, I also felt that he was unfairly thrown under the bus multiple times. The way he refused a pay cut now seems totally reasonable, and that he had the balls to stand up to china was admirable.
Meanwhile his best man is casting out uighurs in his country to china to be dealt with 👌
Dont believe his charitable act. He is a fashist. Erdogan was his best man at his wedding.
Standing up to China is fine. Doing it for that reason definitely not. Supporting a bunch of ISIS affiliated terrorists is not OK.
The content, the dad jokes, passion in your tone. Continue with this channel. I love Football Iconic
Amazing video as usual man. As a Madrid fan, I’d love to see a same type of video for Benzema, since many people are recently understanding how crucial and crazy good he is, even though he’s been world class for a decade consistently. Would be a really cool video if you could show his full road, from Lyon, to struggles at the start in Madrid, to being overshadowed by CR7 to 21/22 and his hat-trick this week vs PSG.
Edit: He did it, one of his best yet! 10/10, keep going! 👑⚪️
Benzema, very underrated by a lot of ppl.
Özil plays a role (advanced playmaking CAM) that has sort of been phased out over the last 5 seasons.
He was a skilled player but he was never all that physically gifted in terms of pace or strength. A couple of injuries cost him whatever speed he had left which definitely affected his overall game.
Still, he was a one of a kind player and I miss watching him play. He's one of those players who could regularly lift entire stadiums out of their seats without scoring a goal.
Loke kuroko
He was actually quite quick in his earlier years (werder bremen, Real Madrid days). Seems like a bad injury or two slowed down his pace (and also his amazing dribbling) but that didn’t stop his playmaking ability.
too lazy, disengaged and no killer instinct. he was incredible in 2010 world cup, but a complete waste of talent right after. as a coach I absolutely hate players like this. utter frustration.
@@marciukspuks5353 lazy💀, premiere league was always physical and modern than tactical. And Ozil was never a player to play for Premiere league, he was slow not because he is lazy because the other are faster and he is not physical. Anyone would know that and if I was a manager then I would dance everyday, one of the greatest player not even trying.
@@areyoudumbonpurpose1822 you basically agreed with me and called him soft. i have players on my team that are absolutely talented but soft and and in so many words lazy, in other words much more concerned with how they "look" rather than how they play. good comparison to ozil is muller - much less talented but enormously more important to the team.
One of the most polarising figures in football, he literally became an icon.
When you’re soo classy people call you lazy because it’s effortless for you to do, the best playmaker with a platinum touch and a eagle eye.
@Smally Bigs and some people are blind even with there eyes open…congrats you’re a special one.
@@Souu998 I can tell you only watched ozils highlights. When people call him lazy it’s because he flails his arms around when opposition beat his press, or he doesn’t cover a passing channel like he’s supposed to. When KDB says they know he doesn’t do these things and they take advantage of it, what does that tell you?
The Özil I enjoyed watching was very different to the one that everyone defends to this day.
All flair players are called lazy at some stage in their career.... Zidane, pirlo, Ronaldinho, Ozil. This is why team construction is very vital in all successful teams. Pair up the flair player with someone strong to do the dirty work... Zidane had Makalele, Kaka had gattuso, Lampard had Ballack and so on. Teams should be nurtured like a garden with pieces that fit their best and not cobbled together and held by force with nails
@@isaabdullahi9097 Ozil isn't even in the same class as those players.
Ozil was not labelled lazy unjustly, let me ask you like I asked the OP. Did you actually watch the guy play? Are you suggesting that the people who did watch him play week in week out, the managers and coaches that watched him train, day in day out, don't get the game?
Definitely not lazy in terms of ground covered. Özil always keeps moving, but people are just blind to it
Don’t care what anyone says, he’s top 3 best playmakers I have ever seen. Miss this guy so much, he deserved arsenals support but he gained support from the world
As a Real Madrid fan, I remember when I was 16 and all the talk at school was about Ozil moving to Arsenal on deadline day. What a loss.
I really loved Ozil's attempt as a footballer/celebrity in raising awareness for Uighur genocide, even though it's not related, he's a legend
It’s really fucking frustrating how people all over the world turn a blind eye to the mistreatment of muslims around the world
@@Beakzzy they can see it for the jews, but when it comes to Muslims it's all just 'freedom of speech' or it's not our main priority to defend right now bs
@@Beakzzy people all over the world turn a blind eye to everything, people focus on things that matter more to them…..it happens to all peoples who are suffering
@@Beakzzy It's more to do with the fact China have huge industry and any recognition of any of their atrocities result in them pulling business or threatening to pull business. Not just Muslims, literally anything.
@@TRey-ly4vx The thing is China did not commit genocide on Uyghurs. It's all a propaganda campaign by the CIA against China.
Yeah, good vid man. I remember seeing him in the 2010 WC, thinking that we just weren't going to get players like that any more, or we would have to make them ourselves. It was so exciting when we signed him, although at the time it seemed odd as what we talked about needing was a successor to Viera and defensive solidarity. Seeing the good times was fun, but the way he left was a particularly dark time for us. The super league thing was at a similar time, and it felt like new mistakes were compounding old ones. Seems like the boss has got things in order since then. The back 5 looks great, and the process seems like it was worth trusting. As we are where we are now, I am happy he went and wish him all the best, but I wish we treated him with more class on the way out... Ya Gunners ya! X
This man at Real Madrid was soo good he got almost 25+ assists in every season at Real Madrid.I still don’t understand why wenger put him on the bloody left wing 🤦♀️
Because Ramsey was better
The problem was that we had excess playmaking talent in MF during that period. We had Santi Cazorla after all. A playmaking conundrum.
Santi stepped back and played a deeper playmaking role - which meant Wenger had to field a shielding mezzala/ box to box to pair with.
(Also honestly costed Santi his career with the legwork he put there)
That's where Ramsey fitted in with Xhaka / Coquelin / Cazorla back then.
I sometime cringed back then when I saw the line-up sheet pre-match when Ozil would be fielded in the wings.
Ozil was godly in playmaking that we could not drop him but he clearly had defensive liabilities.
Ozil's best years with us was in the 10 role with Sanchez in the left, Giroud upfront, Ox/Walcott in the right, with Ramsey and Santi/Xhaka/Coquelin as anchors.
IMO, Ozil would have broken the PL assist record better if we had brought a pure DM like Kante/Gueye & a better right forward at that time to offset the times Giroud was in a drought.
SMH good times though
real sold so many great players and young talents too but then you remember how after that they won 4 ucls, so feels bad about the players who were sold or happy about the 4 ucls?
one of the best playmaker started he's career %0 to 100%
He's passing , imagination,and he's control of the ball is unbeliveable
and he have he's own move like Ronaldo chop
One of the most situations in the last years for a plyer needed to be discussed and from you that's something to watch of course, you told it right and got eyes open for different points of view
Keep going as usual
CONGRATS ON 100K SUBSSS.
Been following you for a while now.
Great content mate. Keep it up👏👏
Great player and what i would call an "assist king". Midfield Masterclass
You forgot to mention that Madrid didn't want to sell him. But by the end of 12/13 season, Ozil's father wanted Perez to increase Ozil's salary and make him joint top earner of the team. Perez declined and this deteriorated the relationship btw perez and Ozil's agent (his father). Thus, he warned that if his demands aren't met, his son will leave Madrid. So, club officials had to sell him.
Is this a fact? My understanding was Madrid had to sell either Di Maria or Ozil to balance the books (due to FFP) after splurging on Bale. Ancelotti wasn't too impressed by Ozil's nonchalant attitude and once Wenger got wind of the news Ozil was available, Madrid took the offer.
Great video man, good perspective and insights. Keep it up!
bro i really liked the way you told the stories, thanks for the video.
The guy every striker wished to play together with. For me he will always be the assist king !
Danke, für deinen Beitrag zum WM Sieg in Brasilien, Mesut.
Love this guy so much you can’t imagine.. as a life long arsenal fan from the 90s I’ll tell you there’s not been many players we had that were “top top quality” by far best CAM Iv seen maybe same as iniesta but this guy open our minds and hearts and deserved way better.. since arsenal did what they did I swear Iv not supported them.. I don’t even watch the games anymore… THIS MAN DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER and in god we trust…
I was dumb enough to search for this man on transfer markets before he came and when he came he did exactly what we needed.. BROKE ARSENALS TROPHY DROUT WHILE PLAYING WITH GIROUD IN FRONT OF YOU DESERVED A BALON D’OR IN ITSELF
Nah he was shit
great video as always, keep it up
Always with the heat💯all love from Kenya 🇰🇪
love your videos man
well elaborated well spoken great cuts and awesome memes
Thanks man!
As an Arsenal fan, love the guy. I remember that goal he scored in the champions league. I even remember when he did that celebration with the M. He made me change the way I saw the game and even wanted his cleats. I enjoyed more Alexis but mesut stayed through the bad and the good and for that he is an ARSENAL LEGEND
Came across the Leicester video the other day and I’m literally binging all your content, good stuff mate 👌🏼 you’re also really well spoken, you have yourself a new sub 🔥💯
Your work is just so high-quality, every single time.
I was lucky enough to see him play at his peak, he could do more in five our six touches of the ball than most players could do in a whole match. Things turned sour but he still had a great career on balance.
He is underrated because the team he used to play was filled with some stars...
But he was probably one of the greatest midfielder of modern era..❤️
Thank you for making this video!
Great video as always and good points.
As a dortmund fan.I will really appreciate if you do a video about klopp's dortmund.He build an exciting young team and was very successful from 2010 to 2013
What a player watched him at 10 years old for Germany in the 2010 world and he instantly became my fave player then 4 years later I heard he was signing for arsenal ❤️might not have ended well but real fans still love him
really well made video. Thank you
Great video, great insight 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It's a really interesting video but my memory of his Arsenal career is a bit different. He was a brilliant player up until around 2017-18, where the squad as a whole was also falling apart a bit.
You noted that he was criticized in the past, but I think you underplayed just how much pressure he was under at arsenal. Even when he was on form and performing at his best, he was constantly under scrutiny for his lack of defensive contributions, or lack of distance run. Whenever arsenal won, he was the savior, but when they lost he was often deemed the culprit. The expectations for the club were higher, perhaps raised when he was signed. Many fans and media believed Arsenal were title challengers and should perhaps be winning the league, even though the squad was probably overperforming for a few seasons. And when the results started to drop, Ozil was ostracized.
His controversies around China and Turkey also definitely contributed to this, but I would think that some of this criticism played at least some part in his drop off.
Mesut ozil with a hairband is one of the best cam ever played football
Love your videos dude !!!
So close to 100k man
I love your mentioning of companies and clubs hypocrisies about what they call “politics”
Much love man
Also amazing video
Prime Ozil was my favorite he was talented and when you need a goal, he'll find the right moment and swing it right to you he was insane
Great video, keep it up!
this was an outstanding objectively spoken report. amazing job
This video hits hard for me. His signing to Arsenal was what my younger kid self latched onto. From that point I have had to support arsenal. In the early more successful days, I was a Ozil fan which meant I was a Arsenal fan. During his downfall however, I really had to step back and sort of went through a football identity crisis. On the end of it all I stood with the team over the player and there never goes a day where I wonder if it was a good choice. At least this new arsenal team trying to make a case for my choice being good. I hope Oil is doing well though.
exact same for me, ozil was my favorite player at the time he joined arsenal and so i started supporting arsenal. i have been a fan since then and I'm only feeling more connected to the club as time goes by
why did you even have to think about it? Ozil clearly stopped giving a shit about playing well for Arsenal
I disagree with this video.
You cannot say he fell when the club finished 8th twice in a row after getting rid of him.
Same with Aubamayeng. It's just the club being good at finding scapegoats
@@Timbone07 sigh. Those players were problems. That doesn’t mean they were the only problems. That goes both ways. You think the club would have finished higher if he were there? Absolutely not because we also had a new manager, bad defensive line, no Partey, the younger guys were just finding their feet, Leno was good but still suspect and would leak a goal or two. These problems have since been addressed and we look better now, so what’s the case for Özil? He can’t even get a game in Turkey for the same reasons as cited in the UK…
People need to let Arsenal move on, he’s older and older players performance declines, this is the nature of football.
arsenal basically finally threw ozil out since he called out genocide by CCP but that was bad for Arsenal business. Also the wages issue I suppose. But still, wages (which are legal contracts) and business with CCP is why Arsenal put the final nail in coffin and sidelined him for good. Such an evil club.
Ozil : Tweet something about Uygurs
Arsenal : We don’t do politics
Russia : Invade Ukraine
Arsenal : Football Stands Together
The hypocrisy is deafening.
West in nutshell
Facts
Chelsea and rest of Prem: We stand with Ukraine
Also Chelsea: But we shouldn't freeze our Russian oligarchs sale of the club, we don't stand with them that much.
@@drewhanna9057 There is a huge difference between standing with Ukraine and judging the Russians actions and just randomly attacing every Russian. Yeah Abramovich might be a Russian billionair but he had absolutly nothing to do with this war. And yeah going against him or other Russian athletes means you judge people for beeing Russians, despite not beeing involved with the madness of Putin.
@@juliajuanafernandaalvarez1456 billionaires in countries with fiat currencies are always in bed with the political establishment. Anyone who thinks differently is just being naive.
Congrats man ur almost to 100k
you're almost at 100k subs!
Good video. It still doesn't make sense to me why he was sold from Madrid, especially after achieving the most assists 3 years in a row. Luka Modric has been outstanding for Madrid so they brought in a good replacement.
I wish you spoke more on how he is currently performing at Fenerbache. It seems as soon as a player leaves the top 5 leagues all news about them dries up unless you go out of your way to research it.
this also had to do with the "dying" of the traditional no.10 role , and Ozil is one of them.
Even at Madrid, Ozil rarely do the press or tracking of the ball. He got Khedira and Xabi to do that for him so he could stay up and focus on creating chances.
At Arsenal, he has players like Cazorla, Elneny, and Coquelin to protect him. And later on after the departure of Cazorla, Ramsey, Coquelin, and Elneny (on loan), Ozil finally loses the protection he had in the midfield and that's when he started under-performing. He has to do what he never did before, to press, defend, and tracking, he lost his stamina before the full 90 minutes and often had to be subbed off or start from the bench.
The most creative CAM I ever saw and the most creative CAM to step foot onto a football field.
Congrats on 100K subs
Even as a Barca fan he was one of my favorite player in the world, I feelt really bad for him when I heard the news about he being a racism victim from his own country' people after knowing ALL the thing that he did for his country.
Its just, doesn't really make any sense.
He supported a murderous dictator
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 so you're one of those guys huh?
@@aye2you guess you love edrogan, putin and xi xin ping
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 why do you have to bring politicians in a video about a footballer? Are you THAT obsessed with politic?🤣
I don't like any of those people but I respect other people's choice as long as it doesn't have a massive impact on humanity.
You're saying those people are murderous as if 80% of world's leaders do anything when Syrian, Palestinian and Rohingyan people got murdered, raped and even tormented to death.
Ozil deserve better and you should know it.
@@aye2you ozil is the one who brought politics by backing a autocratic murder as "his president " instead of angela merkel, you know the leader of the country he LIVED in
U gotta fell bad for him, he seems such a good guy even tho im Barca fan and i hated his guts during his days in Madrid, probably top 5 or top 3 playmakers of the 2010s decade
imo hes 2nd after messi
I’m a Barca fan too but for some reason I can’t hate him, I’ve always just been so amazed of him and he’s one of my favourite players and yea I fell real bad actually but at those times when Wenger coached I felt like everything was fine but then after that it didn’t really go that well if I’m sure
Great video
He went on from assisting Ronaldo to his years being wasted at Arsenal, a club that ultimately didn't give a shit about him and ditched him the first opportunity they had. He is my goat
Lots of CAMs have declined over the years: Ozil, Gotze, James, Mata, Rooney, Isco, Sneijder, Eriksen, Dele Alli, Coutinho, Nasri, Kagawa, Kaka, etc.
I wouldn't say Rooney and Kaka declined I would just say they gotten older tbh
This guy will always be remembered and respected.
Iam happy and grateful for football iconic b/c its entertaining and super professional,thank you.
I'll never forget him in the south Africa world cup. I'm not a fan of regular club football but I always watch the world cup, and he was one of my favorite players then.
I wish he had joined a top team to stayed at Madrid rather than joining Arsenal. Arsenal was a decent team but not a top team; they had some good players and a lot of average ones. If u have the right players around Ozil, he will give u the most assists every season, like he did in Real Madrid. He’s not a compete enough player to do everything, but his vision, skill and playmaking was (and still is) some of the best we’ve ever seen.
Nice Video! Just goes to show that nothing is constant! The good or the bad times.. Also it shows how external factors or actions can have repreccussions despite one not being wrong to comment on china or have association with Turkey PM. Its all about how you are perceived by those in power!
I fully supported Özil in every decision he’s made his comments and more. Good to speak out on events. Football clubs rally on events as well BLM, Ukraine, etc. But when they get singled out they turn their backs on the subjects. One of my favorites players loved him in his time with Germany and he was a monster for RM and Arsenal. Wish things turned out better for him in all honesty.
Özils career reminds me personally of a "when keeping it real goes wrong" sketch by Dave Chappelle. But I don't know, at the end of the day, it's about if you can look into the mirror without feeling some kind of way - that is, for some people with integrity at least, way more worth than any cup, medal or money. I personally have a lot of respect for this guy and his decisions.
Imagine what a frontline of Sanchez, Auba, Laca and Özil could’ve achieved if everything clicked into place?
Small team supporter here. TRFC. Ozil was a superb midfielder he was creative, great vision, courage. He was a real pleasure to watch. Without doubt.
He was right with every decision he took. At least he had the balls to do whatever he did. Most of us would want to stand up against the bad things in this world, but we would not be the first one to stand up, we will follow if someone else leads. Well Arsenal did the same thing, they don't really care about this war, its because everyone else is doing they are doing it. Simple as that. I am an Arsenal fan and I would never forget the deadline day we signed him and him making an assist on his first game against sunderland. Always been a Mesut fan, a class player.
would love if you could use more advanced stats like the metrics you used in the eden hazard video where you used dribbles and fouls drawn. love the videos.
I was furiously commenting about you forgetting the Uyghur support, then you brought it up.
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Hey man i just want to say it's nice to see A SA TH-camr doing so well, i have Watched some of your other videos in the past anyway keep on going, Your videos are absolutely classmate, And I hope you continue to grow.
Thanks man! I really appreciate that!
Excited again
10yrs ago easily one of the best Midfielders in the world.
There is a golden thread running through his career - falling out with his club managers. And now he has fallen out at Fenerbahce . So there is clearly something wrong with his temperament. You cannot always make the same mistake. It shows he hasnt learned from his experiences.
What a player ... the vision of an eagle with the delicate touch of a loving mother, and the defending of, well a chair or a bucket i suppose, but his passing ability is unreal. Would happily welcome him at United.
Didn't realize Ozil had done so much for community & was so charitable. He's a legend in my book now.
Özil was one of my favorite players specially when it comes to midfielders in recent years, the vision this guy had was something else. Unfortunately he was a part of my cursed Arsenal team front five from FIFA 14 that consisted of Arda Turan, Özil, Bale, Hazard and Balotelli. All of them had their glories but never reached their full potential.
Bale ozil and hazard did
@@saidmahad6056 i dont think that ozil fully fulfilled his potential due to him being a victim of the changing of tactics which made his position redundent
He literally fell like a stone after that huge contract at Arsenal tbh.
He was right but world was cruel. He has made world best players even better but the world made him weak and weak. But as a supporter I know what he is capable and what he is going through so wherever he go we follow and support him.🇳🇵🇳🇵
An absolute legend, am a chelsea fan, but absolutely loved Ozil as a player
He's just been unfortunate, but thats life.
Ozil's a luxury player and his inability to adapt to the changes in football is quite sad for a formerly world class player. Top teams nowadays dont have that singular player that performs just one task brilliantly, every player has to be proficient at many tasks as a result of total football/collective football.
I genuinely believe that had Ozil developed a better work ethic and or not joined Arsenal, we'd still be talking about his current greatness in the same breath as Modric or Muller
I just always thought he was only good in concept. In practice he was mostly useless. Wasn't pleased to see him at Arsenal, I would have rather have signed Gotze.
@@DailyCorvid Fabregas was even open to a return back then
When he was in his prime he ran the most in the arsenal team. I think he knew arsenal were in the decline and he alone and a few others couldn’t bring arsenal out their hole. I feel sorry for old bug eyes, his lack of goals got him out the Real Madrid team and his arsenal were finished. He does however have a long career and that is a success itself
It wasn't lack of goals, it was lack of defence.
Great vid
One of the players I used to enjoy watching phenomenon playmaker and pure magic 🎩
Ozil will remain as the one of the best and most gifted playmakers in football history 🔴⚪〽️
He was a waste of talent plain and simple. He was clearly a world class player but if he had any sort of work ethic or mental toughness, there wouldn't be any doubt surrounding him.
He was lazy, arrogant and never performed in the big games (at least club wise). I've read alot of comments saying he was discriminated against by arsenal/germany but none about his fenerbahçe release. The dude is a self righteous fraud and proved that he was a luxury player with the inability to adapt
Not just that he was surrounded by average players for most of his career.
so close to 100k
An absolute Goat! Brought life and soo much joy to Arsenal. We were soo lucky to have such a big world wide star. An absolute genius as a footballer. Have never seen a player with such vision that he possessed. Should’ve left in the 17/18 season & not have signed the extension went downhill ever since with the club not bringing in suitable players alongside him & appointing Emery
He is very talented , and it shows how football has double standards.
Özil himself has double standards so... he fits in perfectly
@@meganoob12 explain how Ozil has double standards? You’re reaching dude
Let’s face it Ozil was just one of those players who peaked early on in his career. There’s nothing wrong with that most either peak early or are late bloomers only the true rare gems like the ronaldos messis maradonas zidanes and peles have 20+ years of constant glory for both club and country
Ozil came and conquered. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and when I'll be old he will be in the Classic 11 squad
i feel like ozil is an interesting case for multiple reasons, most apparent of which are his young age(being only 33, but it feels like hes 35+ from how long hes been about), and also his just complete obsoletion as a player. definitely similar burnout to what we saw with wayne rooney, but i also couldnt help but think that he was a player stuck in the past after alexis left arsenal. alexis covered up ozils flaws in the modern game quite well, and allowed him someone to operate in tandem with. whilst before alexis came in mesut could operate on his own as youd expect from a classical 10, as time, and the game, progressed he could no longer do so and we saw fhat when alexis was injured//benched at times. theres no doubt in my mind that had he moved to say juve or inter, he couldve flourished after the transition of the game itself, but he got stuck in a rut at the emirates. as a result what shouldve been a storied, trophy laden career for a man who is arguably among the best passers of the ball that this world has ever seen, piqued far too soon and will always be a what if.
on his day ozil was for me on par with the likes of kroos, david silva, and xavi when it came to feel for the game and ability to pick out a pass; not to mention his wand of a right foot. world class player, diminished to less than an afterthought.
A player: Jose
A manager: Zlatan
Sounds about right
Lol
Xd
A pundit: Neymar
well...
okay I'll take it.