{"id":579119,"date":"2021-01-17T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T23:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=579119"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:54:23","slug":"ozil-arrives-to-complete-fenerbahce-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/17\/ozil-arrives-to-complete-fenerbahce-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesut Ozil Arrives in Istanbul to Complete Fenerbahce Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/16\/mesut-ozil-contract-termination-arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">After agreeing to terminate his Arsenal contract<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/16380240\/Mesut-Ozil\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Mesut Ozil<\/a> has arrived in Istanbul to officially complete a move to Turkish side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/15\/mesut-ozil-will-join-fenerbahce-if-wages-can-be-agreed\/\" target=\"_self\">Fenerbahce<\/a> as a free agent. The German leaves Arsenal having had a mixed spell at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When he first arrived, Ozil was arguably one of the best-attacking midfielders in the world- and he soon proved this statement by assisting 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/15\/brazilian-defender-bernardo-set-to-leave-brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> goals during his second season at the club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seven years on from his arrival, though, and Arsenal&#8217;s dream signing has turned into a nightmare with the midfielder failing to be included in Mikel Arteta&#8217;s squad this season despite being the highest earner at the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The aforementioned nightmare has finally reached its end with the German close to completing a move to Fenerbahce on a free deal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ozil Arrives in Turkey to Complete Fenerbahce Move<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Mesut \u00d6zil has arrived in \u0130stanbul! \ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pilsRxfDaK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pilsRxfDaK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fenerbah\u00e7e English (@Fenerbahce_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fenerbahce_EN\/status\/1350942504091316233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chance to Star Once More<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Even at 32-years-old, Ozil has the talents to transform the attacking capabilities of any team. And, after being frozen out at Arsenal this season, the former Madrid man will be desperate to get back playing regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Turkey, he has the chance to prove a point; a point that he is still capable of producing passes many midfielders could only dream of executing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As for Fenerbahce, who are currently level at the top with Besiktas on 35 points in the Turkish Super Lig, they&#8217;ll be delighted with the move. A player of Ozil&#8217;s quality doesn&#8217;t usually come cheap, let alone for free- leaving the Turkish club in the best position to take the title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ozil- even as he approaches the latter stages of his career- still possesses the quality to play on Europe&#8217;s biggest stage, so should take to Turkish football with ease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a whole, both parties- Arsenal and Ozil- will be glad to go their separate ways after a torrid few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"ApH1d6b8SvJ-i37R9v_b-g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1206687701\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ApH1d6b8SvJ-i37R9v_b-g',sig:'yhB2_ETyyngxn5gbEETSzq0_YP07WDqqG824kWCKQZY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1206687701',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After agreeing to terminate his Arsenal contract, Mesut Ozil has arrived in Istanbul to officially complete a move to Turkish side Fenerbahce as a free agent. The German leaves Arsenal having had a mixed spell at the club. When he first arrived, Ozil was arguably one of the best-attacking midfielders in the world- and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":579120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8,30,3],"tags":[5101,3190,93,4120,473,136],"class_list":["post-579119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-arsenal","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-2020-2021-premier-league","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-fenerbahce","tag-football-news","tag-mesut-ozil","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666710,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579119\/revisions\/666710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}