Hate seeing stats like the above. It just winds me up that we’ve surrounded him with mediocre players. He deserves better and I for one am going to be genuinely gutted when he goes end of this season.
So Wenger has an assist machine like Ozil but waits until this season to buy a striker that is good enough for him to play with and then wonders why he wants to leave.
Come on, you have a whole season to come to terms with this, and other departures. I think you will be alright mate. Besides, I think come the end of the season, we might be numb to the pain as we would have already endured a lot of it between now and then.
Im not even over losing Cazorla yet so its gonna take me a couple years for Ozil. You dont get this type of player come to your club often. In fact Ozil is one of a kind for me.
You are an optimist my friend which is probably why you still want to hold on to players like Ozil. I on the other hand have lost all hope from this club under the current management. I am totally apathetic to what happens at the club anymore. I still watch all the games and still wish for things to be different but I am not hopeful. So, it’s a lot easier for me to come to terms with such things.
What can I say, I’m just a purist of the game. I love watching players like your Pirlo’s, Xavi, Iniesta, Cazola’s, Ozil, Pires…the list goes on. These players have grace and poise, are on a god-like level who see the game in binary code whilst the rest chase the ball like dogs in the park. Ozil is irriplacable imo
Ozil waiting to see if Bayern/Barce/City/United come in for him. Maybe Zidane will fancy him at Real.
The only way of justifying 350k a week is if it’s including his signing on fee though. I think I’d probably go for it still but in the next few years Ozil will slow and be less effective. It’s something to consider when you think buying Lemar or Forsberg and paying their wages might not be that much more than paying Ozil a bumper contract over the course of a 5 year deal.