Wenger slams Real Madrid claims about Arsenal star Ozil

Arsene Wenger has always been protective about the players under his authority at Arsenal Football Club, sometimes against all logical reasoning, but he has good reason for his latest statement backing the club’s record signing against the continuing derogatory suggestions coming from Mesut Ozil’s former club Real Madrid. According to a report in the Telegraph, Madrid president Florentino Perez’ latest attack on the German international was to suggest that Ozil could not handle the pressure at the Bernabeu and that was why he chose to leave. Wenger stopped short of calling Perez a liar, merely saying he was `surprised` by the comments, but he made it clear that this was not the case, and it was the decision of Madrid to sell one of their best players. He also hinted that Madrid were simply trying to cover themselves. When you look at the figures of Ozil since moving to La Liga, playing 53 games, 52 games and 52 games in the three seasons he was there and confirming himself as the assist king of Europe, the claims of Perez seem to hold water as well as a sieve with extra large holes. Wenger said in response to Perez, “I have not seen that at all. He is 24, he has over 50 caps for Germany, and when you play for Germany, you are under a lot of pressure. “He won the championship with Real Madrid, and that is a club where there is a lot of pressure.” He was also under the very demanding Jose Mourinho for all his time in Spain, and the Portuguese manager is not well known for his sympathy towards any player he feels is not pulling his weight. On the contrary, Mourinho had nothing but high praise for Ozil, so I think Perez should forget about Ozil, who is an Arsenal player, and worry about his own club because he is making himself look stupid and petty.