Mesut Ozil was worth every penny of the transfer fee
Many have criticised the Germany international for often misfiring in games and sometimes struggling to play the level he can, but he has just joined a club in a league he hadn’t previously played in, the fact that it took Robin van Persie around 5 years to step up is never mentioned, so why make an exception for him? Scoring and playing a part in the first season, Ozil has become the player Arsenal were lacking after the sales of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri. Able to play as a deep-lying playmaker and also as a traditional number 10, Ozil is one of the most versatile playmakers in world football and has also become one of the, if not the best player in the Premier League.
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