EliteKiller wrote:Are you saying Mourinho didn't want to see the back off him? Nice picture but are you seriously comparing Ozil to Rui Costa? That just won't end well ... Ozil is barely fit to lace his boots indeed very few are, take any measurement you want and Ozil doesn't even come close. The goal against England in 2004 Ozil could never do that ... but even more than the numbers it's what fellow great players say about him ... to a man players line up to say Rui had an unbelievable talent, an unbelievable touch, unbelievable vision, and an unbelievable work-rate
Has anyone ever said that last one about Ozil ... especially over the last two years
Every manager from Toni, Ranieri, Malesani, Trapattoni, Ancelotti to International level have nothing but the highest praise, can Ozil claim the same? ... that's all about the attitude
As good as Costa was by the time he reached 30 he only played about 60% of Milan's matches, he was trusted for the big games and rested for the rest (the exact opposite of Ozil) he was instrumental in Milan's 2002/3 CL victory playing 18 games and leading the tournament in assists, can Ozil claim to have done the same for any of his clubs?
Whilst I would agree that Rui was as enigmatic as Ozil, playing his own game regardless of the system, he was just so, so, so much better that to make a comparison with Ozil is almost unfair
Costa - Zidane - Platini >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ozil
Yes, I am saying Mourinho loved Ozil. It's why Ozil had 157 appearances (129 starts) at Madrid under him in three seasons. Not to mention, Ozil benched Kaka, which tells me all I need to know about Ozil and how Mou felt about him.
"Ozil is barely fit to lace his boots indeed very few are, take any measurement you want and Ozil doesn't even come close."
Re bolded part: That's why I added the pic of Costa because you originally wrote, "A final third player needs to score goals - Ozil 519 games just 86 goals - so if he's a final third player that he's a massive fail." Weeeellllll, Ozil has 86 goals in 519 appearances (0.17 goals/appearance) for club and 23 goals in 92 appearances for country (0.25 goals/appearance), whereas Costa had 97 goals in 684 appearances (0.14 goals/appearance) for club and 26 goals in 94 appearances (0.28 goals/appearance) for country. So since you're judging Ozil as a final third player—and since you claim a final third player needs to score goals or else is a massive failure—what's that make Rui Costa since Ozil has a superior goals/appearance ratio for club and overall career?