Ex-Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires believes Mesut Ozil is the man who pulls the strings for the Gunners, in much the same way Dennis Bergkamp used to do.
Arsene Wenger has a wealth of attacking talent currently at his disposal, with Alexis Sanchez currently being deployed as a central striker rather than deep-lying playmaker.
This has allowed German Ozil to really display his range of attacking skills, including a superb Champions League strike against Ludogorets recently among the highlights.
Pires was a key part of Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ squad which went unbeaten in the 2003-04 season, plying his trade alongside a host of Gunners legends. He now believes Ozil can take his place in the upper echelon of stars to have worn the famous red and white shirt, alongside the dynamic Dutchman Bergkamp.
“Something has clicked,” he told Arsenal Player. “What’s happened in the head is like a click because he’s scored a lot of goals.
“This is a difference between the last season with Mesut Ozil and now because he’s thinking just for himself and sometimes when you are in front of the target it is very important to score a goal.
“Mesut Ozil has very good qualities, he can normally score a minimum of 12 goals during the Premier League so in my time the maestro was Dennis Bergkamp, and now it is Mesut Ozil.
“I love them both because they play very good football but they play for the team. Not for himself, they play for the team. This point is very important for the future and of course for Arsenal.”
By Steve Osborne                @BlizzardSteve75
