Why Selling Ozil is madness for Madrid…

Part i:

Anyone that knows me, or has followed my social media for enough time, knows I am a long-term lover of Mesut Ozil. As one of ‘my boys’ at Madrid (That’s CR7, Pipita and Ozil) – I was shocked to hear the rumours a week or so ago, that he might be on his way out. Higuain, we knew since last season. Same for Albiol, Kaka, Carvalho, Callejon – no big surprises. If and when Bale finally arrived, the player who has been deemed most at risk has been Di Maria. So to hear Ozil was on his way out of the Bernabeu was unexpected and to me, a mistake.

(One I will happily accept, however, as he is now a Gooner and I can’t believe it! But from Madrid’s POV, I am left a bit bereft and actually, uninspired).

Although he has not played his best at Madrid, that is not to say he has been poor. Far from it. In fact, ask many and they would have told you he was the most important player for Los Blancos, after a certain Cristiano Ronaldo, such is his influential vision, movement and technique – and all those invaluable assist stats you all now know about. This is why his sale has left a bad taste in the mouth of Madridistas. For all the joy of Bale, to lose Ozil in exchange is suddenly a far less glossy deal. The fact that fans used Bale’s unveiling as a stage to protest Ozil’s sale, says a lot…