MESUT OZIL was mercilessly mocked by Arsenal fans for using an umbrella during the game against Southampton – have now earned £1MILLION without playing since the restart.
The Gunners playmaker, 31, failed to make it off the bench as his side scraped a much-needed win against Saints.
Mesut Ozil was mocked by Arsenal fans for hiding under an umbrella against Southampton
Alexandre Lacazette also sought refuge from the sun under a brolly
In fact, Ozil hasn’t featured in ANY of Arsenal’s first three matches back from lockdown.
The former Germany international was a no-show in the 3-0 battering at the hands of Manchester City and the feisty 2-1 defeat at Brighton.
Currently earning £350,000 a week, Ozil has now raked in over £1m since returning to training – without kicking a ball in a competitive game.
The ex-Real Madrid star – once dubbed the “assist king” – is under contract at the Emirates until the end of NEXT season.
And Ozil has no plans to force a move away, either – happy to rake in the enormous pay-cheque every week.
Mikel Arteta will likely look to sell Ozil – preferring youngsters like Joe Willock – in the middle of the park.
But his wages could prove to be a stumbling block in negotiations.
Despite that, Ozil was clearly in relaxed mood against Southampton as he put his feet up and created some shade for himself with a red brolly.
And fans on Twitter just couldn’t help but tear into him, with one sharing a picture of Ozil and his umbrella, captioned: “Mesut Ozil – Arsenal 2019-20 Skillz+Highlights |HD|”.
Another tweeted: “Ozil is gonna be chillin’ under that umbrella earning 350k/week until his contract runs out.”
A third wrote: “Ozil dropped motivational quotes through this week only to end up sitting under an umbrella??”
Mesut Ozil slammed as ‘an absolute disgrace’ and ‘a bad smell’ at Arsenal, by former Chelsea star Chris Sutton
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
