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The Ozil Money Pit

ohboy

To be honest, on the playing side i don’t think there is anything sinister.

He simply is from an era of playmakers who didn’t track back, didn’t press, and conserve their energy. The problem is, even on the offensive side, Ozil has been found wanting. So it is not worth the hassle for Arteta to fit him in.

Regarding off the pitch, undoubtedly he is trying to make himself the martyr. He has been roundly criticised by most ex pros in the country, and his tweets and comments are coming from a man desperate to change the narrative. Unfortunately he seems to have the knack digging deeper and deeper, he should have worked for a funeral home.

Incredibly, Partey signing could have given Ozil a slight reprieve. He could maybe have featured in a 4-2-3-1, but again, the issue is not one of effort, he actually runs, but it is almost all solely to get on the ball. He is simply not interested in tracking back and pressing. So that is it for him.

est

goon wrote:
But yeah, this was such a roockie PR move from the club, literally leaving an open goal for Mesut for a tap in.

They probably thought he'd pass.

goon wrote:
We should temporarily up Jerry's salary to 350k a week.

😆

Claudius

What’s the big difference between Ozil and, say, Sokratis. Neither is really playing for Mikel.

Sicario

Claudius wrote:
What’s the big difference between Ozil and, say, Sokratis. Neither is really playing for Mikel.

Sokraris is a professional.

ohboy

est wrote:
goon wrote:
But yeah, this was such a roockie PR move from the club, literally leaving an open goal for Mesut for a tap in.

They probably thought he'd pass.

goon wrote:
We should temporarily up Jerry's salary to 350k a week.

😆

😆

Rohit

He is shameless and stubborn. Just wish he brought this kind of fight on the pitch for us rather than throw punches on social media at us.

Qwiss

Sicario wrote:
Claudius wrote:
What’s the big difference between Ozil and, say, Sokratis. Neither is really playing for Mikel.

Sokraris is a professional.

Claudius

Sicario wrote:
Claudius wrote:
What’s the big difference between Ozil and, say, Sokratis. Neither is really playing for Mikel.

Sokraris is a professional.

Please elaborate

Qwiss

Claudius wrote:
Sicario wrote:
Sokraris is a professional.

Please elaborate

He doesn't spend his time on twitter trying to embarrass the clubs that pays his wages.

Claudius

Qwiss! wrote:
Claudius wrote:
Please elaborate

He doesn't spend his time on twitter trying to embarrass the clubs that pays his wages.

So we hate Ozil because of his social media antics? I’ll admit, he’s got some of the best social media management in the game.

Rohit

Really? Even if it makes his position untenable at the club? And what of his legacy as a player. So much talent. Ridiculed in his country. Cast off at the club he spent more years at than any other in his career. What a waste.

Claudius

I hate the Ozil situation but I’m trying to get to the head around the exact source of our angst. It appears the guy completely fell of a cliff form-wise after his mistreatment in Germany. Every so often we will hear that the player needs to practice harder, and he’s barely picked across 3 managers who don’t openly discuss what is going on. So we have filled in the story and decided that because of his £350k salary he should be an object of our hate.

Rohit

I loved Ozil and defended him and he might be doing his best in training, which may not be enough for Arteta but it's hard to appreciate a person who in the last stage of his career doesn't do enough to move when he remains out of favour here. He isn't that old. On top of that he attempts to embarrass the club. I don't think the ire is unwarranted.

goon

I dislike Ozil because of his refusal to take a pay cut and also constantly lining himself up against the club. He got away with it under Emery because people hated Emery, but that wasn't right either. Now he's got no chance. He's got a huge, cult like fan base and he's not afraid to mobilise it.

I don't dislike Sokratis, but I also have no respect for someone who's happy to waste one of his last remaining years of his footballing career rotting away on the bench. There's just no way you can consider someone with such little appetite and hunger for football to be a good option.

Rohit

Yeah, exactly. Don't they want to play the game that has given them everything? It's sad to be honest. I would care less about Ozil now if I didn't care a lot earlier. He has been disappointing.

Gazza M

Can't wait to see the back of him. I expect many outbursts about how none of this was his fault between now and next summer. It's never his fault

goon

In fairness to Sokratis though I think he's been badly advised by his agent. This was him in March:

“I have one more year here but me, I never sit on my contract,” he said, via Football 365.

“I don’t care. If I’m not happy, I don’t play enough or the coach doesn’t like me, I don’t care about the contract.

“For me the money is not important, it is important I feel good, I feel happy and the team is happy with me. If not, I take the road and I finish.

“I don’t think about it, I think every day to be happy and help the team and in the end we will see but what I say is that I am not a player who sits on a contract – I don’t need it.”

Soon after though, his team started briefing the media that he's not going anywhere and is going to see out his contract. What they wanted, I'm guessing, was for Arsenal to cancel the contract so that he can get a big pay day elsewhere, ala Mkhi. I read that PSG came in for him late in the window but we refused to cancel his contract. We might lose in the short run but I wonder if it's a calculated loss to dissuade others from trying to screw us out of a transfer fee?

Gazza M

Claudius wrote:
Sicario wrote:
Sokraris is a professional.

Please elaborate

He's actually made attempts to leave, they were just unacceptable terms for us. No such efforts made by team ozil, who 'reassure' us every few months that he's definitely going nowhere

The club shoulder much of the blame here though. Such a PR own goal to sack your mascot and then commit 100m on a single player in the space of a few days

Clrnc

I think we have heard Sokratis say more than once he will leave if he is not playing. I don't know why we haven't sold him, not sure if its the club's fault or him but pretty sure he have been edging for a move.

Mustafi have always gave mixed signals, might leave but frankly he has no takers.

Kolasinac have always wanted to go back to Germany, and have almost done if Bayer could shift Wendell and free up wages for him.

Ozil on the other hand is a wage eating shameless dude. Arteta, Unai and Freddie has more than once hinted they want to see better attitude and effort in training. Not rocket science why he isn't playing.

Claudius

Why does Ozil have to leave? What’s the point of a contract? We signed him up to one. That protects both parties. I still haven’t heard what Ozil has actually done to violate his contract. The issue here is we signed a player to massive contract. He underperformed. And we are struggling to manage the situation and explain what’s happening. Does Ozil bear any responsibility? Yes. But we shouldn’t lose sight that much of this is our fault.

We aren’t going to find a buyer at his price / performance profile. We have a year left. We aren’t playing him. So he doesn’t have a chance to improve his performance for us or suitors. So we should just buy him out.

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