Mesut Özil had been voted Germany's player of the year for five years in a row but after the World Cup, he was made a scapegoat for the disappointing performance by the defending champions.

As Mesut Özil’s move to Fenerbahçe neared last month, its president, Ali Koç, called on fans to do their bit. “Our fans, our youth, our elders, our congress members.

Some of the greatest players to ever don a white shirt played with the number 10 on their back for Real Madrid.

Mesut Özil has attracted plenty of criticism for going missing in games, and has even found himself under attack for going missing while being nowhere near a football pitch this week.

Mesut Özil is also the record-holder among football players when it comes to social media. On Facebook, he is the only German to have surpassed the 10 million mark, with 10.4 million followers.

Arsenal star Mesut Özil said he thought he was driving in kilometers per hour not miles per hour when he was caught speeding at 97 mph. The German pleaded guilty to the offense, but asked the ...

Mesut Özil has never been a man of many words. All the 29-year-old has ever really wanted to do is kick a ball – and let others speak for him away from the pitch.

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Mesut Özil sent an aftershock to the earthquake that was Germany’s disastrous World Cup campaign when he announced that he would be stepping away from the national team last month.

Mesut Özil raises the World Cup trophy in 2014 with teammates Kevin Grosskreutz, Roman Weidenfeller, Shkodran Musta-fi and Erik Durm after the final victory over Argentina in Rio.