Ozil: I am 1 of the best n10 in the world

Mesut Özil possesses a talent to be cherished. From Wembley to Maracana, he has enjoyed a summer to be celebrated, winning the FA Cup with Arsenal and the World Cup with Germany. Özil featured in all but 35 minutes of Germany’s 690-minute triumphant stay in Brazil, and is still buzzing over events in Rio.

“When the final whistle went and I had the trophy in my hand for the first time it was an incredible feeling,’’ said the 25-year-old, talking after Arsenal training on Friday. “In the changing room we carried on having a massive party, playing loud music, singing. Then we went back to the hotel and carried on partying there. We deserved that.

“I’m really proud. Every footballer wants to win this great trophy but it is very, very rare and I managed it. And I won it in Brazil where the atmosphere was fantastic, especially in the games against Brazil and Argentina where it was very dramatic. We became world champions because we were very strong and stayed together as a team. We had this unique team spirit.

“I was delighted also for the fans because they’d been waiting for the World Cup for so long: 24 years is a long time in Germany. In Germany, people maybe didn’t believe we could go all the way because of what happened in the past, getting to quarter-finals [1994, 1998], semi-finals [2006, 2010] and final [2002] and not winning.

“Going out of the World Cup [in 2010] I was so angry with myself because I knew my potential and the team’s potential. We’d got so close. But we showed we could bring the trophy back home to the fans. Now all of Germany is proud of us.

“I saw all the messages for us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. It was the main news. So many posts. It made me even more proud to see how many people were sending messages in. We saw it again when we went back to Berlin [for the victory parade]. The Brandenburg Gate was shut by 8am. There was so much excitement.

“The fans believed I played a good World Cup. The statistics show that as well. I was satisfied with my performance at the World Cup. I know I could have scored more goals and shot more but I was surprised the press was negative.”

To English eyes, criticism of Özil is slightly surprising given the memories of him ripping England’s Under-21s to pieces in winning the 2009 Uefa final in Malmo, and then inflicting the same punishment on Gareth Barry and the seniors in Bloemfontein at the World Cup the following year, ending up with joint most assists and being signed by Real Madrid where he won La Liga under Jose Mourinho. He scored five times as Germany qualified for Euro 2012 where he was voted into the team of the tournament.

When he then left Real for Arsenal for £42 million...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11065145/Mesut-Ozil-The-Arsenal-fans-believe-in-me.-That-is-what-really-matters.html

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Nick put that as the title like it's controversial

Natalie Portman wrote:rg last year: "Sagna is still the best RB in the league"
rg the other week on twitter: "Debuchy so much better than Sagna in covering and going forward"

dat bias

RealGunner wrote:Water is wet. A week has 7 days. Messi is the best in the world

Ozil pls

M99 wrote:Isco and Muntari are comfortably better. I'd say he is maybe top 3, definitely top 5.

nasir6371 wrote:Not even the best AM in the the PL

Top 10 though