“It’s not always been easy, but it has always been special.”
Those are the words Mesut Ozil uses to describe his six-year stay in north London.
The World Cup winner arrived to much fanfare in 2013, but has truly made London his home and readily admits that Arsenal means a lot to him.
"When I first arrived here I was very excited and a little bit nervous as well. It was always a new chapter and at the end of the day I was very happy to play for such a big club like Arsenal and meet all my team-mates.