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Arsenal: Mesut Ozil Should Be Focusing On Own Club, Not City
Mesut Ozil has been waxing lyrical about Manchester City’s squad coach. He should instead be focusing on Arsenal’s season, rather than his rivals.
This upcoming Premier League season could well be the most competitive in history. With an Arsenal side returning from a disappointing second place, the title is still the goal, and it will be harder than ever to achieve.
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New managers Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho have all come into the league with new clubs and have invested heavily and invested well in their attempts to assemble a squad capable of not only challenging but winning the Premier League.
Chelsea have sought out Leicester City’s star midfielder N’Golo Kante to add some legs to an aging and slowing midfield while the two Manchester clubs have been more than happy to commit to the way of the wallet. United broke the world record by adding Paul Pogba on Tuesday after already bringing in Henrikh Mlhitaryan and Eric Bailly in big money moves.
Pep Guardiola has also committed to significant investment in the shape of John Stones, Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan among others, and now Arsenal’s star midfielder Mesut Ozil, has stated of his desire towards the City squad:
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"“Manchester United and Manchester City are among the biggest clubs in England and will be very strong in the coming season. I am particularly pleased at City, where two of my team-mates from the German team, Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan, are playing. They bring both a great quality and the Premier League will be even better for it.”"
Yes, Manchester City’s squad is incredible. But in the day that he returns to Arsenal training, Ozil should not be publicly proclaiming his admiration of an opposition’s squad. Focusing on his own recovery from a strenuous summer and the development of the squad as a whole needs to be his sole and whole priority, not the wonders of City’s side.
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This may seem like a petty critique, but there is standing to it. Winners excel at focusing on their own performance, mastering what they have control over and ignoring what their opponents are doing. That is exactly what Ozil is not doing and it points to, yet again, a lack of aspiration and drive to challenge these great teams.