OFFICIAL: Ozil is now an Arsenal player |

danyjr wrote:

Adit wrote:

moutinho98 wrote:ozil will be a fringe player. i dont think wenger should bench arteta or wilshere for him.

sorry about my english.

Im sorry but Ozil is infinitely better than Wilshire or Ramsey is as an AM.

With Carozla as AM, what is the need for Özil?

Cazorla played at LW the last 2 games.Ozil will be playing 10.

Sky Sports report that Wenger feels that the value of Ozil is too high and that he may pull out of the deal

Ozil is better than whilshere, ramsey and cazorla put together, but just for 60 minutes, after he is tired

Cazorla has been playing on the left for months lol.

Plus he needs help, Wilshere and Ramsey are not going to effect the top end of the pitch.

Arsenal need talent at the top end of the pitch to challenge, Ozil would be a great start.

Adit wrote:

danyjr wrote:

Adit wrote:Im sorry but Ozil is infinitely better than Wilshire or Ramsey is as an AM.

With Carozla as AM, what is the need for Özil?

Cazorla played at LW the last 2 games.Ozil will be playing 10.

That won't be the best position to utilise Cazorla. Also Podolski has done very well on the left wing, definitely more efficient as LW than Cazorla. And yes, I know he's injured but you don't pay €50 million to cover an injured player.

Lex wrote:

Adit wrote:

moutinho98 wrote:ozil will be a fringe player. i dont think wenger should bench arteta or wilshere for him.

sorry about my english.

Im sorry but Ozil is infinitely better than Wilshire or Ramsey is as an AM.

infinitely better? No, just no

yes and yes lol...just watch him play. Wilshire is a no body compared to ozil.

DM from Sky Italia:

(Rough translation)

"Wenger is a known fan of Ozil but is understood to be hesitant to spend so much of his budget on the midfield. He is turning his attention elsewhere"

El Shaarawy wrote:Sky Sports report that Wenger feels that value of Ozil is too high and that he may pull out of the deal

More on this, Sid Lowe in Spain says that Ozil is going to a club in England, but that Manchester City have emerged as favourites, they are willing to meet his wage demands, while Arsenal are not.

Maybe you should watch Wilshere and Ramsey play

WENGER PULLING OUT OF THE OZIL DEAL

Easily the best midfield in the League. Need a WC striker though. Giroud is underrated but he's more of a striker that only shows up when the team is playing well.

MOTD2 just read out live news that the deal is in advanced talks. And MOTD2 is live

Get innnnn

If the Arsenal deal breaks down there may be a glimmer of hope that Milan would buy him.

I swear if City pick him up

Apparently PSG are after him, too.

Mr Nick09 wrote:You have to understand something, the moment Ozil walks out of Madrid, Isco will become the second best AM behind Iniesta. he is already performing better anyway

^ This

This is great business for both sides. Madrid have to make room for Isco as he had a very good season last year in Spain/Europe and this year he's looking like the steal of the transfer window at 30 mill.

At the end of this year Isco will be worth 60-70 mill. The guy is terrific and ready to break out big time plus he fits perfectly to what Carlo Ancelotti wants to do. He already has looked the best player on the pitch (that includes Ronaldo) a couple times this season including today.

Ozil fits very well into what Wenger likes to do and I think at the end of the day it's good business especially his late in the window.

At least if he's forced to overpay a bit at then end of the window he's not scrapping together Andre Santos and friends and he's going after a bonafide top class player.

Let's face it, any deal Arsenal was going to make this late in the window with all the press they have been getting they were going to have to overpay a little bit. At least Wenger said f*** it, I'm going to overpay I'm going to overpay for a great player.

I am interested to see if another team is going to hijack this deal. It's very surprising to me that Arsenal are the only suitors.

seriously wenger.... 

i dont think wenger would even buy ozil if someone handed him on a silver platter for free... just because of wage demands....

cmon!

Wenger isn't daft. 50m for Ozil who is tumbling down the pecking order at RM does not make sense.

i have never seen transfer market going bizzare like this ever before in my life!!!!!

Still not convinced by Ramsey and Wilshere as "2" personally, think it should be one or the other.

sad day

Arsenal confident of signing Ozil, according to ESPN. They've offered £47m.

I think Jack is of similar talent. In all honesty, they are very similar players who apply their talents in different areas of the pitch. They, along with Santi - would mesh well.

But you need more than Arteta behind them. Serious backup necessary.

I would go for it though, Ozil will thrive in the PL and with Wenger working with him, anything is really possible. He would probably add a couple dimensions to his game.

danyjr wrote:I wonder how compatible Cazorla and Özil are. To me they are both very similar players who like to play a more advance role. I'm just not entirely sure what sort of line-up Arsenal would want to play with both of them on the pitch.

Make no mistake, this move to bring Ozil in put's Wilshere on the bench. And frankly it's about time. The guy has been for lack of a better or nicer word bad for the last year and change.

Ozil and Cazorla will fit together beautifully and Giroud will turn into a machine up top. Wilshere just doesn't deserve to play centrally with Cazorla and Ozil on the team. They have already been moving Cazorla out of position to fit Wilshere in but now there really is just no excuse to try and jam him into the lineup.

To me this shows that Wenger actually is sending a message to one of his youngsters instead of backing them no matter how they play. This should say loud and clear to Wilshere step up your game because we have just replaced you.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Still not convinced by Ramsey and Wilshere as "2" personally, think it should be one or the other.

They've looked much better as the 2 holding midfielders in recent weeks. Wilshere was having his best game in years before he went off injured.

Wenger will persist with it at least until Arteta returns. Can't leave golden boy out the team and Ramsey has been their best player so far this season.

7 mill net wages..that is 15 mill Gross