Forgive mine too, because I’m just using what I think sounds right in saying he’d have the option to refuse a pay off because he signed contract at the end of the day. It wouldn’t seem right that somebody could force money into his pocket and tell him to **** off, as glad as I’d be to see that happen!
Özil is damn brilliant. He has succeeded in diverting attention away from his on pitch performance and we've spent the last 8-10 hours debating BLM and Uyghr.
Pretty ingenuous
If the club don't pay him off, then they must announce before pre season, that he won't be playing, isn't part if the squad is free to leave and that we cant afford to buy him out. Tell him to stay away from the club. As long as it's all done legally, we can hopefully move on. All this chat is distracting. I say this disregarding any of Özil's personal or political opinions. He no longer suits us as a player and isn't in Arteta's plans and that's the main point being overlooked.
The club leaked the truth about him. Özil didn't accept a pay cut - that's a fact. Özil's now in victim / accusation mode, talking about people trying to "destroy him" and "paint a picture that is not true". He's actively trying to manipulate and create conflict between the club and fans in order to save his own image and justify sitting on the bench making 350K per week. Its pretty ****in toxic if you ask me.
He's not sitting because he wants to. He's sitting because Arteta isn't playing him.
He does want to play football, he was happily playing when Arteta took over, played EVERY game actually, then the pay cut issue happened and he got dumped.
That would seem very unfair to me. That’s like forcing redundancy on a man... Who is our resident contract law man again?
Should have been done immediately upon Emery's appointment. The club were too slow to move. Now, this has become a very publicised issue.
Hadn’t read that article before. That agent Erkut Sogut sure is a piece of work. Well, guess he is doing what Özil pays him to do.
No, the truth was he and other players felt rushed, he was actually willing to take a bigger than required pay cut if there was transparency shown by the club, which there wasn’t.
Had a little read and it seems under FIFA rules both parties have to agree to terminate the deal.
He and his agent has reiterated countless times that Özil will hunker down and ride out the last year of his contract regardless of what happens. Does that sound like someone that wants to play football?
I hear you but the club is left with nothing at present. They've mishandled the situation but there's a way to end this with a simple statement that he's surplus to requirements and they wish him well. Emery clearly didn't want him and looked like the biggest loser when he played him again. Özil unfortunately seems to be a player who generates a lot of strong differing opinions-more than any player I can recall. The club doesn't need it. Alexis, Mutu, Yaya Toure, Terry, Collymore, Gazza, Icardi etc all generated a lot of chat. The talk sucking their clubs in stopped when they moved.
Sounds like a power struggle/war with Raul if anything.
“My position is clear. I’m here through to the last day of our agreement and I’ll give everything I have for this club.
Wants to move Özil and his wages. Just like he took off a contract off the table to let Ramsey leave for free.
