Mesut Ozil Quotes

From a footballer's point of view, if you want to choose a football club, then Arsenal is right up there with the best.

Arsenal were really interested in me for a long time, and I think that I fit into the football Arsenal play.

Andre Villas-Boas wasn't the ideal coach for me. He bought Gylfi Sigurdsson and then told me he would be his new No.10.

But I think that if a club like Barcelona sign a player, it is because he has the right qualities.

When you believe in one player to improve the squad, you have to do everything that is possible for us as a club to sign these players.

One of the reasons I chose Tottenham is the way Pochettino thinks and how he plays. I really like that.

If I stay in Roma, I can still improve. If I go back to Arsenal, I will treasure my experience in Italy.

Arsenal is a great club - the facilities are wonderful - but I feel it is a club that takes big care before signing a player, notably considering human values.

Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

The number of French players Arsenal have brought through is very impressive, and many of the players who arrived, especially the young ones, were unknown when they arrived to the general public.

Roy Hodgson destroyed me. He made me play in the centre of midfield.

I want the good players of other clubs to stay in the Bundesliga.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

Ajax have a tradition of good football and play 4-3-3, which suits me. They also spend lots of money on youth players with the aim of putting them in the first team.

With Luis Enrique, I never expected he would become a coach. He was an intuition player; he didn't speak with me about tactics.

I chose Chelsea because I spoke with the manager here and when I did that, I felt the capacity of the manager and that is why I made my decision. And of course I like Premier League football and that is why I decided to stay in the Premier League.

If I have an idea of football, and I am the manager, it doesn't make sense for the club to find players with a different profile.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

I have evolved a lot as a player working with Klopp, who is a very tactical coach.

It is not always about signing star forwards and midfielders.

I made a conscious decision to join Bayern because of the presence of Guardiola.

When you a buy a player like Ozil, you know his strengths and Arsene Wenger knows, I think, where he is at his best.

You buy the right players for the system that you believe will be successful.

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.