Mesut Ozil insists he has 'never regretted' decision to join Arsenal

Mesut Ozil insists he has ‘never regretted’ his decision to join Arsenal in 2013 and insisted he was having ‘a lot of fun’ playing under Mikel Arteta before ‘things unfortunately changed’ after coronavirus pandemic broke

  • Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil delivered a Q&A to his fans on Twitter on Monday evening 
  •  The midfielder has been frozen out of the squad by Mikel Arteta this season 
  • Despite his current situation, he insists he does not regret his move to London 

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been frozen out of the team since March last year but the German playmaker said he has no regrets about joining the Premier League side.

The 32-year-old, who is under contract until June and earns £350,000 per week, was not included in the club’s Premier and Europa League squads for the 2020-21 season. 

Ozil could move from the London club in January and manager Mikel Arteta has said he would be allowed to leave if they received a good offer.

Mesut Ozil insists he does not regret his decision to leave Real Madrid for Arsenal at all

The former Germany international moved to the Emirates in 2013, but looks set to leave in 2021

‘There have been many ups and downs so far, but all in all I’ve never regretted my decision to join Arsenal,’ Ozil said during a question and answer session with fans on Twitter.

‘And, to be honest, the last couple of games before the coronavirus break in February and March 2020 made really a lot (of) fun. But after the break things unfortunately changed.’

Since joining from Real Madrid in 2013 for a then record club fee of £42.5m, Ozil has scored 44 goals in 254 matches in all competitions.

Ozil is free to negotiate with other clubs this month and local media has reported he has held talks with Turkish club Fenerbahce and American side DC United.

Ozil insists he initially enjoyed life under Mikel Arteta, before the pandemic ‘changed things’ 

‘Fenerbahce is like Real Madrid in Spain. The biggest club in the country,’ Ozil added.

‘Every German-Turkish person supports a Turkish team when they grow up in Germany. And mine was Fenerbahce.

‘There are two countries I want to play football in before I retire: Turkey and USA. If I went to Turkey, I could only go to Fenerbahce.’




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