Despite being frozen out at Arsenal, nobody can deny that Mesut Ozil is a brilliant footballer.
The 32-year-old might not play for Arsenal again after being left out of Mikel Arteta’s Premier League and Europa League squad this season.
It’s been quite a contentious decision by the Gunners boss, who has insisted throughout the debacle that the omissions are linked entirely to football reasons.
We’re talking about a World Cup winner with 33 goals and 54 assists in 184 Premier League appearances for the Emirates Stadium side.
On his day, Ozil is one of Europe’s most exciting and gifted wizards – and he certainly has a fan in Angel Gomes.
The Manchester United academy product, who joined Lille in August, has sent a two-word tweet in response to a positive post he saw about the Germany international’s statistics on social media.
Arsenal visit Old Trafford to face Gomes’s former side this evening and it’s possible that we’re going to be talking about Ozil after the game again.
Before Thursday, the North Londoners had only scored four goals in their previous six games across all competitions, a stat which suggests that, actually, Arteta does need the former Real Madrid maestro.
And if Arsenal lose today without creating much in an attacking sense, the conversation is invariably going to centre around one man and one man only.
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