Eleven players you never knew played alongside ex-Arsenal star Ozil including current Man Utd ace and Newcastle flop
MESUT OZIL played with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso and Manuel Neuer in a distinguished career.
But the 34-year-old, who announced his retirement today, also shared the field with eleven stars you would never have guessed he had played with.
For example, the Arsenal cult icon played one game in the same team as Jerzy Dudek while at Real Madrid.
But before that Ozil started his career at German side Schalke 04, playing alongside ex-Barcelona star Ivan Rakitic.
Ozil then signed for Madrid in 2010 from German outfit Werder Bremen in a £13million deal.
And incredibly, his time at the Bernabeu also saw him play alongside current Premier League midfielders Fabinho and Casemiro.
Ozil played once alongside Liverpool ace Fabinho, and twice with Manchester United star Casemiro.
He even lined up in the same team as Newcastle flop Joselu on two occasions for Los Blancos.
After leaving Madrid, Ozil joined Arsenal in 2013 for £42.5million.
His seven-and-a-half year spell at the Emirates saw him line up alongside a number of Gunners stars past and present.
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Surprisingly, he even lined up in the same team as Bukayo Saka on 17 occasions.
Current Emirates ace Saka made his Arsenal debut in November 2018, but did not become a regular until the 2019-20 campaign, the season before Ozil eventually left the club.
Ozil also played alongside current Newcastle star Joe Willock at the Emirates, and lined up in the same team as flop signing Yaya Sanogo.
Sanogo, now 30, spent four years at Arsenal and was shipped out on loan four times, but still managed to rack up seven appearances in the same team as Ozil.
Although none of those names made it into Ozil’s best XI of players he played with at Arsenal.
Ozil left the Emirates in 2021, joining Turkish side Fenerbahce.
His time with the Turkish giants saw him play 22 times with Kim Min-Jae, with the South Korean defender now catching the eye at Napoli.
Ozil enjoyed a successful career on the international stage, earning 92 caps for Germany and winning the World Cup in 2014.
His Germany career saw him share the field three times alongside Bayern Munich defender Niklas Sule and nine times with Real Madrid star Antonio Rudiger.
Other honourable mentions for players you never would have known Ozil played with include Enner Valencia and Papiss Cisse at Fenerbahce, Alvaro Morata at Real Madrid, and Pablo Mari, Chuba Akpom, Emi Martinez, Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah with Arsenal.