Mesut Ozil has revealed Jose Mourinho was one of the reasons why he initially snubbed Arsenal to join Real Madrid.
Ozil eventually joined the Gunners for a record breaking transfer fee of around £42.5 million in 2013 season but had earlier snubbed the North London club for a move to Santiago Bernabeu in 2010 and has now revealed a phone call from Jose Mourinho convinced him to pick Real Madrid over Arsenal.
He said: ‘Everything is so different. If you play for Real Madrid and you draw against Barcelona, it’s the worst. You have to win every game,’
‘If you win 10 games in a row and then draw at home against a smaller team… there’s immediate pressure. My idol was always Zidane and he played for such a big club like Real Madrid.’
‘They wanted me, especially Mourinho. I spoke with him on the phone and he told me his ideas and what he thought about me as a player.’
Reports suggest Jose Mourinho is trying to lure the German star to Manchester United as he stalls on renewing his contract with Arsenal.
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