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Mesut Özil: Think This Might Be It For Me(sut)

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James Bond

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Özil (His PR team) doing his talking on IG for him vs the player actual doing his talking when he’s been on the pitch and making himself undroppable again?

Man has been retired for years and he’s throwing a fit because he’s been dropped out of the squad likely do to a bonus playment setup in his contract which Ornstein alluded too (*see below) as Özil had ZERO problems putting his feet up and sitting at home on the club in the past.


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https://theathletic.co.uk/2130590/2020/10/12/ornstein-Özil-loyalty-bonus-romero-gambling/

The awkward situation between Arsenal and Mesut Özil came back into the spotlight last week when the German playmaker was left out of their squad for the Europa League group stages.

Following Mikel Arteta’s appointment as head coach, Özil started all 10 of the club’s Premier League games before football was suspended in March because of the COVID-19 outbreak. But from the restart in July until the end of the 2019-20 campaign, the 31-year-old did not play a single minute of competitive football and this season he has not featured in a match-day squad.

In an interview with The Athletic in August, Özil suggested that his decision to reject a 12.5 per cent pay cut during the shutdown might have been a factor contributing towards the lack of game time he has been afforded, although Arteta has always insisted team selection is based purely on merit.

With Özil seemingly surplus to requirements despite being the team’s highest-earning player, Arsenal have been keen to move him on. But the 2014 World Cup winner has repeatedly stated that he is available for action and will be staying until the end of his contract in June 2021.

Another element that may have influenced Arsenal’s desire to shift Özil in the summer transfer window is a loyalty bonus amounting to around £8 million that was paid to him at the end of September.

This stems from an arrangement negotiated with the former Real Madrid attacker when he ended speculation about his future by signing a new three-and-a-half-year deal in January 2018. At that point, Arsenal would likely have wanted Özil to stay until at least the end of his agreement and such a mechanism — which many players benefit from — would have rewarded his service.

The reality has worked out very differently and at great expense to Arsenal, although they are saving significant sums of money in appearance-related bonuses while Özil is not involved.

Many eyes will now focus on whether Özil will feature in Arteta’s Premier League squad, with lists scheduled to be announced on October 20 after the closure of the domestic transfer window.
 

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Let's hypothetically say that the reason that Özil was left out of the squad was because of speaking out about the treatment of the Uyghurs in China.

Let's take stock of the situation.

We have someone in Mesut Özil who's passionate about human rights and particularly issues that affect Muslim communities around the world and likes to use his large following on social media to highlight these hot button issues. On the other hand we have Arsenal Football Club, which is punishing Özil for making a human rights stand and essentially is siding with human rights abusers by punishing him for speaking out about this issue.

Just imagine how angry this great Muslim human rights activist must be at the behaviour of this immoral football club, its essentially tacitly supporting genocide against a minority group that he feels religious / cultural kinship with. I'd be furious about it if I were him. He go so disgusted about this abhorrent behaviour by Arsenal FC....That he refused to leave the club under any circumstances :facepalm:

When you take a step back you can see how ludicrous the whole angle is. It's so obviously PR spin from the Özil camp.
Özil would have been out the door as quick as he possibly could if the club took the stance people on here are claiming regarding the Uyghurs / China issue. Given his outspoken nature and passion about these issues there's no way he'd want to be associated with Arsenal FC in any way, yet he stuck to the club like a limpet this summer.
 
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Macho

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What? They coming for your boy Laca after Özil is gone. 30 goals in 3 years, going to be hard for you to defend him.
They already come for Laca, I no longer defend him. I like him as a player and think he’s alright and that’s enough for me.

Im laughing at this tirade you’ve been on since yesterday, I’m laughing but I hope you’re ok.
 

blaze_of_glory

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Seems more and more likely this has to do with his comments on China and the Uyhgurs. Of course, people will point out that Özil is friends with Erdogan.

But people's heart can be in the right place and still have bad or even terrible politics. It's no excuse, but I'd say that's true for most people, otherwise we'd have socialism by now. I won't be saying anything further on this.
 

DanDare

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Something here is off. Why is he still here? The club want rid of him and haven't registered him.

Did he have no takers even on loan? Surely we informed him during the window that he wasn't going to be registered?
 

Rasmi

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I'm not saying he was terrible, but he wasn't the Petr Cech of the pre head injury era. His last couple of years at the club were pretty poor in terms of performance in my opinion.
We have played bloody willock out wide and to this day no one knows what he does. We have made bloody Willian a key player in our setup, but Özil can’t make 25 man squad. Özil today is even better player than the most expensive player of the club’s history. That’s how stupid this situation has become. Once again this club has shown how little class it has. I really can’t stand the Spanish cvnt of a manager we have. We already got rid of one and hopefully this one follows
 

GDeep™

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Something here is off. Why is he still here? The club want rid of him and haven't registered him.

Did he have no takers even on loan? Surely we informed him during the window that he wasn't going to be registered?
I think it’s a war, this is his way of making sure Arsenal pay him every penny he’s due. He’s not going to help them by going on loan and allowing another club to pay him.
 

TakeChillPill

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Özil played after the China situation. It's a false arguement. He didn't take a pay cut, arteta is all about the team and no player being bigger than the club...Özil as a senior player should've been the first one to take it and lead by example.

I hate the fact that Özil's PR team is making this about China....shows how sneaky they are...least not forget the club are stil paying his wages
 

Red London

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I think it’s a war, this is his way of making sure Arsenal pay him every penny he’s due. He’s not going to help them by going on loan and allowing another club to pay him.
Top players go to war with clubs rather than leaving to play football.
 
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