Mesut Ozil last played football on March 7, 2020. It was the weekend before the sport shut down and he came off in the 89th minute of Arsenal’s 1-0 win over West Ham.
So it is 315 days since he was able to do the one thing he absolutely loves. I understand there won’t be a lot of sympathy for him and people will point to his reported £350,000-a-week contract as a healthy form of compensation for inactivity.
Ozil, it must also be pointed out, has arguably not handled the situation well at times.