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Looking at his absence history under Wenger, it was normally the odd game here or there and then he was right back in the next game, felt like a breather if anything or genuinely a back issue or the flu.
Yeah maybe a back thing that simply can't be cured and means he just can't play as often as others.Looking at his absence history under Wenger, it was normally the odd game here or there and then he was right back in the next game, felt like a breather if anything or genuinely a back issue or the flu.
Even before he was given the contract, he used to be dropped from the squad. You'd think the club would have withdrew the contract if he was clinically depressed.Proper dodgy isn't it.
Back problems can be chronic I guess but I would expect a football club to be able to get to the bottom of them with the millions they invest in health care.
I guess I still just about believe the official line from the club but if in the future we find out he was chronically depressed or something then I wouldn't be surprised, not one bit.
Yeah I agree that depression is far fetched but it isn't impossible.Even before he was given the contract, he used to be dropped from the squad. You'd think the club would have withdrew the contract if he was clinically depressed.
I don't buy the "depression" explanation. Maybe Wenger dropped him because he wasn't prepared for games?
Why would Wenger drop him due to back problem or illness and then play him 3 days later?
https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/ar...-playmaker-missing-through-sickness-is-common
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Dropping him for one game and then coming straight back in doesn’t make sense though.Even before he was given the contract, he used to be dropped from the squad. You'd think the club would have withdrew the contract if he was clinically depressed.
I don't buy the "depression" explanation. Maybe Wenger dropped him because he wasn't prepared for games?
Why would Wenger drop him due to back problem or illness and then play him 3 days later?
https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/ar...-playmaker-missing-through-sickness-is-common
I think he might be delicate. Could be one of those guys who needs to be pulled out and given a rest, given the week off training. Wenger might have allowed that but Emery might not manage as such.I don't think Wenger ever 'dropped' him. Their relationship was too good for that, there's something going on that Emery didn't handle as well, doesn't really seem like Arteta has the patience either.
I thought the story with Lamela was that he was depressed because his dog died, rather than drug use.Lamela as well, his lengthy injury a couple years back
He does have cocaine eyes so maybe the rumour morphed.I thought the story with Lamela was that he was depressed because his dog died, rather than drug use.
Think back... Specialists were saying ages ago that he spends too much time sitting down playing Fortnite. Not saying that's the cause, but it wont help. They calculated that he spends 5 hours a day playing it. At the end of the day, most back problems for sports people are Sciatic related, but we've heard no word on the cause--only what could agitate it.Proper dodgy isn't it.
Back problems can be chronic I guess but I would expect a football club to be able to get to the bottom of them with the millions they invest in health care.
I guess I still just about believe the official line from the club but if in the future we find out he was chronically depressed or something then I wouldn't be surprised, not one bit.
Could all be BS ofc but the more you think about it, why wouldn't footballers end up being drug addicts, they literally have the perfect lifestyle to enable it.
he couldn't handle two seasons of Emery. Even i would get depressed playing under that guyThen is the “he’s on 200k a week, what’s he got to be depressed about” crowd.
Not that I think depression is related to the Özil situation, nothing to suggest it is, I’m just talking generally.
Are you saying he's addicted to opioids? Big call.constant back pain is a reason many people become addicted to pain killers ........ who knows what the truth is, but I expect it'll emerge one day
just idle speculation - people do get addicted to over-the-counter painkillers, which don't turn them into out and out druggies, but do undermine general healthAre you saying he's addicted to opioids? Big call.
Dropping him for one game and then coming straight back in doesn’t make sense though.
Those odd games he was missing were most likely breathers. Wenger even recently said he would let Özil miss training for the week and just play him in the match, as once he was fit he was ready. They call this man management.