#ozil

March 22nd 2023 marks the day my favourite player of all time, Mesut Özil, retires. Mesut Özil was one of a kind, probably the purest playmaker number 10 you'll ever see. Maybe it's personal bias but I truly believe Mesut Özil is the best playmaker of all time. In no doubt in my mind should he be amongst the conversations of the Xavis, Iniestas and Zidanes of the world.

He could find space anywhere on the pitch whether it was himself getting into the space or just finding a pass that no one in the world would have thought of let alone execute it. His technical ability on the ball would just make you get off your seat. The passing ability he contained, the weight of the pass being perfect, the direction just pin point and even creating his signature pass/ shot. It's as if he had eyes all over his body, his vision and ability to find space is so good he managed to find space at a mosque during ramadan.

It breaks my heart that his career ends like this. As an arsenal fan, I believe we EXTREMELY let him down. The amount of chances he would create and just the quality on the pitch he brought was out of this world, if we just had a competent striker we could've won leagues and Mesut Özil would've obliterated records. For a player of his talent to only win one league title throughout his whole career saddens me.

2010 only at the age of 20 he introduced himself to the world. Displaying his immense talent on the biggest stage in the world, the world cup, which he would go on to win in 2014 as well as playing a very instrumental part in both campaigns. After his first World Cup Campaign he would go on to sign for Real Madrid registering 27 goals and 81 assists, just the thought of how many records he would've destroyed if he played with Ronaldo for more seasons. Then again, nothing beats that deadline day signing of Mesut Özil to Arsenal. Most chances created in the history of football, I truly don't think anyone else was better at pure playmaking. I think you could pull some random person of the streets, make them immortal, make them practice nonstop for 1000 years and they wouldn't be able to replicate what Mesut Özil could do on a football pitch.

Happy Retirement My Idol