Mesut Özil: Confident and goal oriented

Mesut Özil: "I know a lot of young players have developed with Werder."
First Team
Friday, 01.02.2008 / 21:42

He has come to make a new start! Mesut Özil made that very clear as he was officially presented as a Werder player on Friday afternoon. The youngster had no interest though in answering questions on his former employers FC Schalke 04: “I’d like to put that behind me and create a new image for myself here”, explained the 19 year old.

He has come to make a new start! Mesut Özil made that very clear as he was officially presented as a Werder player on Friday afternoon. The youngster had no interest though in answering questions on his former employers FC Schalke 04: “I’d like to put that behind me and create a new image for myself here”, explained the 19 year old, who was no longer happy at his ex-club but found it hard to leave the city behind him: “That’s tough for me. I was born in Gelsenkirchen and all of my family and many friends are there.”

 

The young midfielder is convinced that his concentration on the job at hand in Bremen will aid in conquering any possible homesickness: “I know that I will be greeted openly here and I know that a lot of young players have developed here at Werder Bremen. I want to do that too! Before my move to Werder I spoke to Fabian Ernst and heard only positive things.”

 

Mesut Özil considers himself to be the trainee of sorts, with lots to learn from his new team-mates: “Diego is a perfect player, as is Torsten Frings. I can learn a lot from them but I also know what I can do and I would like to put that into action as quickly as possible. I can be used flexibly and want to become a first choice player here”, explained the German U21 international who could well make his debut for the Green-Whites against VfL Bochum on Sunday.

 

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