Mesut Ozil needs to understand pundits' roles are now to criticise and analyse. Fans and media love their scapegoats and a quiet foreign player on a big salary, who sometimes appears as if he's not doing much -- though weirdly remains a stalwart for his national side, who are the current world champions, in a role where he faces plenty competition -- is bound to get stick. Mesut Ozil gets plenty and the fact that he has yet to commit to a new deal at Arsenal doesn't help matters. In that sense, I have some sympathy for him. He gets a rougher ride than most sometimes. That said, he's way off-base when, speaking of former Arsenal legends who criticise him, he says he expects "legends to...
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