Mesut Özil (Out)

[Oh_Snap]

Jesus is he gone yet?

WTF is holding him up?

Like he isn't minted beyond beyond belief already.

Probably negotiating the games he doesn't want to play in.

 

[say yes]

 

[Makingtrax]

So naive walking into media traps like this. Needs a good PR agent to school him on how to avoid questions like this and stick to what he wants to talk about instead of the interviewer.

 

[Finesse]

So naive walking into media traps like this. Needs a good PR agent to school him on how to avoid questions like this and stick to what he wants to talk about instead of the interviewer.

It reveals the ego in him more than his ability in term is PR. He is good at avoiding unnecessary questions and has done that consistently. He just could not let this one go for the sake of ego , to shade someone or prove he was right. This is not a quality we need when managing players in the top level.

 

[Makingtrax]

It reveals the ego in him more than his ability in term is PR. He is good at avoiding unnecessary questions and has done that consistently. He just could not let this one go for the sake of ego , to shade someone or prove he was right. This is not a quality we need when managing players in the top level.

If that's really the case, it's a sad indictment of his managerial skills. Neither Arsène nor Unai were into this kind of one-upmanship. Having said that, it was hard to tell what Unai was saying most of the time.

 

[Finesse]

If that's really the case, it's a sad indictment of his managerial skills. Neither Arsène nor Unai were into this kind of one-upmanship. Having said that, it was hard to tell what Unai was saying most of the time.

In Pep's very first stint he suffered from this too. Etoo revealed in an interview , he came in and too many big personalities sparked an inner insecurity. Within weeks he was enemies with Etoo and they could not see eye to eye nor speak. When he realised he needed Etoo after preseason form , he had to rally Xavi , Oleguer , Puyol etc to have a word with Etoo and bring him into the fold. It was an interesting insight. Lauren also privately revealed Arsène was a master at managing the big egos and personalities. He has a different approach to every player , media etc.

 

[Beksl]

So naive walking into media traps like this. Needs a good PR agent to school him on how to avoid questions like this and stick to what he wants to talk about instead of the interviewer.

Let me guess...

Like Wenger?

 

[al-Ustaadh]

The masters of psychology and analysis in this thread is impressive.

 

[Makingtrax]

Let me guess...

Like Wenger?

You catch on quick. Buy AstraZeneca, still well below where they will be soon mate.

 

[Beksl]

You catch on quick. Buy AstraZeneca, still well below where they will be soon mate.

Vaccine stonks are a thing of the past, mate. You need to ride the Green deal/Biden wave now.

How's crypto doing for you?

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Wheatley on Twitter is saying its Özil’s agent.

 

[gunner4lyfe]

So he's getting one more week of wages. Lol

 

[Red London]

Wheatley on Twitter is saying its Özil’s agent.

I went onto his account, can't see that

 

[GDeep™]

You guys are funny. Who exposed Özil, Guendouzi, AMN to the media with leaks?

It seems you guys are happy with certain leaks but not others.

 

[A_G]

I went onto his account, can't see that

 

[Riou]

Regardless of Özil's agent leaking stuff to the media, the club were doing the same tbf

 

[al-Ustaadh]

I went onto his account, can't see that

He said it as a response to somebody in a Twitter thread.

 

[Sweet'n'Soulful]

It reveals the ego in him more than his ability in term is PR. He is good at avoiding unnecessary questions and has done that consistently. He just could not let this one go for the sake of ego , to shade someone or prove he was right. This is not a quality we need when managing players in the top level.

Apart from the last sentence, I agree. But as frustrating to witness as it may be sometimes, it can work for a manager both ways.

He isn't Arsène and we know Arsène would probably have long prepared for that question and batted it away.

You arrive at conclusions and make decisions based on lots of factors, and some of them will be simply due to who you are.

Tbf, he thought about it for a bit and then decided to say he knew without revealing names. He played ball but ultimately gave them nothing. There will be better examples to judge whether he has an ego that could be to the detriment of the club. I don't believe this was one of them.

 

[Red London]

He said it as a response to somebody in a Twitter thread.

As in it was quite obvious all along who it was. Özil's team is so tactical and PR savvy that I proportion a high % chance of it being them.

 

[Gooner416]

Non-negotiables mate. He truly finished them like he said they would.