Arsenal: 5 Takeaways From New Mesut Ozil Contract

By Josh Sippie | Sep 28, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Mesut Ozil of Arsenal (C) celebrates scoring his sides third goal with his team mates during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on September 24, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) /

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2. Ozil wasn’t lying

Anytime someone comes out and says “I am happy here. I leave all talks up to my agent”, people know what that means – absolutely nothing. It’s a fluff statement that means a whole lot of nothing. Everyone uses that line.

Players always talk about how much they love a place and how it’s like home, but then the next year they leave. It’s all a publicity stunt to get the press off their back.

Not with Ozil. Ozil was a frequent user of those lines. Even my least favorite line about how “you never know what the future holds”. That one always got me worried.

But Ozil always did talk about how much he loved it at Arsenal. Yet no matter how much he said it, there were always lingering doubts.

We have no further reason to doubt, if this contract is legitimate. Ozil was clearly never lying and actually does love it here. Everything about it. He is a superstar that could go anywhere he wants, but he wants to be nowhere but right here.

Which brings me to my last point.

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