Mesut Ozil was reportedly declared fit for Germany’s clash on Sunday with Azerbaijan, recovering from the minor hamstring injury he had picked up but he is now sidelined with a back injury.

Whenreports broke this morning that he had been declared fit, I checked the official German site for an update but there wasn’t one.

Now there is, and it says that he missed their final training session with a back injury.

The statement read, “Meanwhile, Mesut Özil is suffering from back problems and sat out the final training session in Kamen this morning. Die Mannschaft will begin their journey to Baku at 14:30 CET today.”

This, at the very least, can put to bed any conspiracy stories surrounding the German, who has missed a few games for Arsenal lately with illness also an issue.

It also doesn’t read like it’s a major problem.

Not only that, he will return to Arsenal well rested and hopefully ready to play himself back into form for the run-in when we will most certainly need him at his best.