How is it possible to harbour regrets about what a player achieved in their career when they won the World Cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey, three FA Cups, the German Cup, played for Real Madrid and Arsenal and won 92 caps for their country?
Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from football on Wednesday with a CV and medal count which any professional, other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, would look back at with an overwhelming feeling of ‘job well done.’
Now that Ozil has retired, maybe we can concede that it was, indeed, a ‘job well done’.