‘The photo of Mesut Ozil with President Erdogan was the end’

Mesut Özil, who was playing for Medipol Başakşehir for the last time in the Super League, decided to end his career when the injuries he suffered this season did not stop. Saying that he ended his football adventure with the announcement he made on social media, Özil said that his recent injuries had an impact on this decision.

Bild, one of Germany’s leading newspapers, drew attention to the effect of Özil’s photo taken with President Erdoğan in 2018, saying: “What would Mesut Özil’s farewell be like without this photo?” used his statements. Bild, who described the end of the career of the star player, who won the 2014 World Cup with the German National Team, with a message on Twitter, as a “sad end”, recalled what happened after the photo of Erdoğan and Özil .

Özil, who met President Erdoğan in London ahead of the 2018 World Cup, posted the photo they took together. In the article, Erdogan was described as ‘trampling on human rights’, while Özil’s sympathy for Erdogan and his party was mentioned. Bild listed the events that had a negative impact on Özil’s career as follows;

– Özil, who fell out with coach Joachim Löw after he took a photo with Erdoğan, was not included in the 2018 World Cup squad. Mesut Özil, who played 92 times for Germany and scored 23 goals, announced that He left the national team on July 22, 2018 after the tension. In the message he posted on social media, he made toxic words about the German Football Federation and later made peace with Löw.

CAN’T EVEN SAVE RONALDO

– When the salary he demanded from Real Madrid, in which he played between 2010-13, became too much for the club’s management, he had to go to Arsenal despite the intervention of Cristiano Ronaldo.

– Özil, who played for Arsenal between 2013 and 2021, was the highest paid player on the team. The fact that he did not want to reduce his salary, which was close to 20 million euros during the Covid-19 period, also caused the Arsenal story to come to an end. He was not allowed to train with the A team until he left the club and returned to Turkey.

– He showed disappointing performances first at Fenerbahçe and then at Başakşehir. In February, he hadn’t admitted to the news that he planned to retire, but he couldn’t escape the truth. There was a sad farewell to a great footballer.

OFF THE FIELD THE SUCCESS CONTINUES

Despite the negativities that he experienced in the last period of his football career, he continues to take successful steps in his business life. Earning millions from the “39 Steps” coffee shop chain, Özil turns heads with his esports and his investments in international companies.

HANSI FLICK: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Germany national team coach Hansi Flick said about Özil, who left football: “He was one of the best football players in the world in his most successful period. He helped shape the national team for almost 10 years and the most important thing was the world championship in 2014. He had a very important contribution in this ”. he used his statements.