Sami Khedira Names Mesut Ozil As the Best Player He’s Ever Seen in His Career

• Former Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has hailed his ex-colleague Mesut Özil as the best player he has ever seen
• Khedira and the midfield maestro shared the field as teammates at both Real Madrid and the German national team for years
• Ozil retired from the German national team in 2018 as a protest against members of the federation for racism

Former Real Madrid midfielder, Sami Khedira, has named Mesut Özil as the best player he has ever seen, despite having played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Khedira and Özil were teammates both at Real Madrid and on the German national team.

Özil left Real Madrid to join Arsenal after a three-year stint at the Bernabeu, completing a £42.5 million transfer from the Spanish giants.

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During his time at Arsenal, the playmaker notched an impressive 19 assists in the 2015/16 season and was involved in 17 goals in the following Premier League campaign.

In an interview with Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand on his show, FIVE, Khedira praised Özil, a former Arsenal icon, for his technical prowess.

"For me, on a personal level, Özil was the best player I have ever seen," the former Juventus star said via Eurofoot.

"His technical skills, vision, first touch, movement between the lines, and understanding of the game, especially in setting up passes for strikers, were unparalleled."

Özil has since retired from professional football.

How Ozil fared at Madrid

During his three years at Real Madrid, Özil struck 27 goals and assisted 81, many of which set up Cristiano Ronaldo, who famously expressed his "anger" when Özil left for Arsenal in 2013.

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At Arsenal, the 35-year-old continued his outstanding form, maintaining peak performance for the first five years before a sharp decline led to his departure in 2020, per Sportskeeda.

Özil retired from the German national team in 2018 in protest against racism from members of the federation.

Cristiano Ronaldo sends message to Ozil

Sports Brief reported on Ronaldo sending a message to Ozil after his former Real Madrid teammate transformed his physique after hanging up his boots last year.

The Portuguese was in awe of the transformation and left a cheeky message for the German on Instagram, applauding the work put into achieving the figure.