Every few months since the summer of 2019, reports linking D.C. United to superstar Mesut Özil have created waves around the globe.
Until now, the thought of the German playmaker hypnotizing audiences at Audi Field was too implausible to take seriously. He was too good and made far too much money for MLS. (Ozil earns more in a week — $470,000 — than most United players in a year.)
But as Özil’s tenure at Arsenal in the Premier League winds down — and, at 32, his career enters the next phase — United’s prospects of acquiring one of the sport’s most artful players should not be discounted.