Mesut Ozil’s father has claimed that his son’s proposed go to Bayern Munich in 2010 fell by simply because of the player’s off-field romance.
At the time, Ozil experienced been plying his trade for Bundesliga facet Werder Bremen just before securing a worthwhile transfer to Spanish giants Actual Madrid in 2010.
Nonetheless, Ozil’s father Mustafa has explained that his son could have joined league rivals Bayern Munich in that summertime but the transfer fell via due to his romantic relationship.
Back then, Ozil was dating Anna-Maria Lagerblom – who has been married to rapper Bushido since Might 2012 – for about a 12 months and a half up until finally November 2010.
Even though for several clubs this wouldn’t be an concern, according to Ozil’s father, this proved to be a main impediment in the playmaker earning a shift to Bayern.
Mesut Ozil’s (R) father has claimed that his son’s connection with Anna-Maria Lagerblom (L) lead to his go from Werder Bremen to Bayern Munich in 2010 to tumble by
Ozil, alternatively, joined Spanish giants Authentic Madrid all through the 2010 summertime transfer window
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Speaking on the RTL+ podcast, Mustafa Ozil explained: ‘In 2010, Mesut virtually ended up at FC Bayern Munich alternatively of Actual Madrid’. On the other hand, the club ‘didn’t see the romance with Lagerblom that nicely.’
In accordance to German outlet BILD, Ozil and Lagerblom had dated for a short time period right before separating in the exact same 12 months. Lagerblom is seven several years Ozil’s elder.
The actress, 41, now has 3 young children with her rapper husband Bushido.
In an job interview with that outlet, Ozil’s father Mustafa also questioned his son’s shock final decision to retire from Worldwide football in 2018 and slammed his agent for letting him to resign.
The midfielder introduced on social media back again in 2018 that he would be resigning from the German nationwide side, amid allegations of ‘racism and disrespect’ though also introducing that he was produced a ‘scapegoat’ pursuing their team-stage exit at the Planet Cup that year.
Ozil wrote: ‘With a significant heart and after a lot thought, mainly because of new activities, I will no for a longer time engage in for Germany at global amount as extended as I really feel this emotion of racism and disrespect.’
Reflecting on his son’s choice to conclude his worldwide profession, his father claimed he wished he could switch back again time, admitting his ‘disappointment’ at how the midfielder’s vocation ended.
‘If I had a magic wand, I would convert the wheel back,’ Ozil senior stated in an interview with Bild. ‘Mesut’s job couldn’t stop like this. I even now you should not accept it to this working day. I am unhappy and let down. It hurts me.
Reviews claim that Ozil and Lagerblom dated for a yr and a 50 percent just before splitting in 2010
Lagerblom has been married to rapper Bushido considering the fact that 2012 and the pair have 3 children
Mustafa Ozil created the revelatory promises all through a new podcast appearance
‘Mesut was motivated by his environment. That wasn’t great for him. You can’t say that Germany is xenophobic, that the country in which he was born would not have supplied him a prospect.
‘Such statements do not occur from him, that is not him. Actually: I have the emotion that Mesut was also taken advantage of.’
‘I consider he is being applied to a selected extent,’ repeats Mustafa Özil. And appeals: ‘But you shouldn’t browse as well considerably into it.
‘Nevertheless, as a father, I wish that he would merely leave out social media messages about his origins, faith and politics. He’s an athlete.’
