Mesut Özil Archives: 07/2018

In this edition of the Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast, Matthew talks to himself (and you) about Atletico again, pulverising PSG, marauding midfielders, and wishing for wingers.

150 people held a demonstration against the ‘racist’ treatment of Mesut Özil by the German media and the DFB, after the player spoke out over it in an Instagram statement.

Mesut Özil has made Arsenal fans fall in love with him all over again in the last 24 hours, and not just on the pitch.

Anyone with an outward eye doesn’t need the vilification and subsequent international retirement of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil to remind them of how polarised opinions have changed our political landscape across the western world.

Turkish ministers reacted positively to the news that Mesut Ozil would no longer play for Germany as long as he felt subjected to racism. The…

Mesut Ozil has announced that he will no longer play for the German national team, citing racism as the main reason. I look at why he’s right to make this massive move.

Mesut Ozil decided to cut short his holiday to return to Arsenal after hearing about Unai Emery’s training sessions from his teammates.

Jurgen Klopp has become the latest name to defend Mesut Ozil as the German continues to be made a scapegoat for his countries World Cup failings.

Here is a round-up of what the papers are saying about Arsenal this morning along with other bits and pieces I’ve found that I think you might be interested in.

Mesut Özil decided to cut his holiday short to return to Arsenal early, after hearing about Unai Emery’s training sessions with the club, according to reports.

This summer, Arsenal had 10 players participating in the World Cup, if you include new signing Lucas Torreira, so let’s take a look at how they all got on.

Unai Emery offered Mesut Ozil words of encouragement and support but that’s not how the S*n decided to portray it, heaping more pressure on the German before he’s even returned from his holidays.

Germany’s general manager, Oliver Bierhoff and their FA’s president, Reinhard Grindel, have been urged to step down after attacks on Mesut Ozil following their country’s poor World Cup.

Per Mertesacker has come out firing in defence of Mesut Ozil who has been turned into a scapegoat for his country’s World Cup failings in Russia this summer.

Arsene Wenger thinks Mesut Özil wasn’t himself with Germany at the World Cup, and blames the incident with Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the 29-year-old’s problems in Russia.

In this edition of the Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast, Matthew in London and Anita in Croatia talk about truncated transfer windows, VAR, Arsenal arrivals (Sokratis,…

Mesut Özil won’t play for Germany again, having burned all his bridges with the national team, according to reports in the country.

The President of the German Football Association (DFB) has demanded that Mesut Ozil explain why he met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the World Cup as the Arsenal man continues to be targeted after his country’s failings in Russia and his father says he should quit the national team.

As Mesut Ozil trudged off the pitch against South Korea, a few fans hurled insults in his direction. He’d just been part of the first ever German team to crash out in the group stages of a World Cup and he knew, if the last few weeks had anything to go by, that his life was about to get worse.

Ex-Galatasaray footballer Erdal Kesser has spoken out against comments from Germany business manager Oliver Bierhoff on Mesut Özil, branding them ‘pathetic’.