The Gunners star adores Turkish restaurant Likya and co-owner Hasan Dolanbay explains his relationship with the World Cup winner
Mesut Ozil arrived at Arsenal in 2011 knowing few people other than his German compatriots Lukas Podolski, Per Mertesacker and Serge Gnabry. He quickly looked towards home comforts and found Likya, a family-run Turkish restaurant at the heart of north London’s Jewish community in Golders Green.
Ozil is born to Turkish immigrant parents and has struck up a close friendship with Hasan Dolanbay, co-owner of Likya, and it has remained a favourite haunt of Arsenal’s mercurial No.10.
The midfielder's impact at Arsenal on and off the pitch is fuelled by a number of factors, but nutrition remains a key aspect of his pre-match preparation and post-match recovery.