The now retired former German international won all the biggest trophies in his career including the World Cup and the Champions League in the same year during the 2013-2014 season.
He also played with the greatest players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema. During an interview given to Marcathe former defensive midfielder spoke about the player who impressed him the most:
” Lhe player who impressed me the most? Everyone will be able to say Cristiano Ronaldo. To win matches, the man was Cristiano, because he never failed. He was still there. We needed a goal, so we gave the ball to Cristiano. But the most special player for me was Mesut Özil. And I explain it by his departure. The day Mesut left, we all said to Florentino: “Why are you selling him? » But we all said it, right? Benzema, Cristiano, Ramos? Özil was an absolute genius, a true magician. I was playing behind him, you gave him a bad pass and he controlled the ball with such ease,” he told the Spanish media.
Before continuing and comparing him to Zinedine Zidane: “ I have never seen a player with so much class and quality. I don’t know, because there were Cristiano and Messi, and also Xavi and Iniesta, who for me should have won a Ballon d’Or. But yes, Özil had this potential. And even if he had a great career, it would have been different in Madrid. He told me it was a big mistake to leave Madrid, because he had everything here. The Bernabeu loved him, he played like angels… Really, Mesut played like Zidane. My idol was Zizou and if you put both on Youtube and see what you can see… Mesut was like Zizou.
Today, Mesut Özil is also retired. The German number 10 made fans of Real Madrid and Arsenal dream, without forgetting the German fans with whom he won the World Cup in 2014.