{"id":26685,"date":"2021-01-25T05:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T06:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=26685"},"modified":"2021-01-25T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T06:09:09","slug":"arsenal-outcast-ozil-joins-fenerbahce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=26685","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal outcast Ozil joins Fenerbahce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Istanbul:\u00a0Arsenal midfielder\u00a0Mesut\u00a0Ozil\u00a0has joined Fenerbahce on a three-and-a-half year deal after last playing for the Gunners in March, both clubs announced on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 32-year-old German was omitted from Arsenal’s Premier League and Europa League squads this season and his reported deal on a weekly salary of \u00a3350,000 ($475,000) was set to expire at the end of the current campaign.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to\u00a0thank the club for this amazing journey over the past seven-and-a-half years,”\u00a0Ozil, who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Together we won trophies for the first time in years and created memories that will last a lifetime,” he added.<\/p>\n

Ozil, who is of Turkish origin, was heavily criticised in Germany for posing for a photograph with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2018.\u00a0Erdogan was also the best man at the player’s wedding in Turkey.<\/p>\n

Ozil\u00a0ended his international career after what he described “racist” attacks following the holders’ first-round exit at the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Fenerbahce, one of Istanbul’s three big clubs, are currently third in the league behind Besiktas.<\/p>\n

Ozil\u00a0joined Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013 and lifted the FA Cup on three occasions under then-coach Arsene Wenger.<\/p>\n

After starting the first 10 games of Mikel Arteta’s reign as boss in north London,\u00a0Ozil’s last appearance came in a win over West Ham last March before the coronavirus pandemic saw football grind to a halt last year.<\/p>\n

“Mesut’s achievements at Arsenal are undisputed. It was a privilege to play alongside him and, more recently, coach him,” Arteta said on the club’s website.<\/p>\n

“These successes will always be part of our history. We thank\u00a0Mesut\u00a0and wish him all the best with Fenerbahce,” he added.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Ozil \u2018honoured and privileged\u2019 as he receives Kiswah<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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