Ozil rejected £1m-a-week offers

Ozil rejected £1m-a-week offers from Asia to stay with Gunners (Standard)

Mesut Ozil turned down offers worth 

£1million-a-week to commit his future

 to Arsenal.

The 30-year-old German eventually signed a

 contract extension in January, having 

entered the final six months of his previous

 

agreement after months of difficult 

negotiations in which he was repeatedly 

linked with a move to Turkish side 

Fenerbahce.

Arsenal made Ozil the highest-paid

 player in

 their history in a £350,000-a-week deal, but

 Standard Sport can reveal the playmaker 

rejected advances from Asia worth three 

times that amount – around £1m-a-week.

In a rare UK interview, Ozil’s agent, Dr Erkut

 

Sogut, outlined why the contract took so 

long to be agreed, but rejected claims that 

money was the principal stumbling block.

“We had some really big offers from Asia - 

there were some crazy offers,” he said. “But, 

for Mesut, money was by no means the 

biggest factor.

Money is definitely one important thing to 

consider, but people must remember that 

footballing ability is just one aspect of a 

contract negotiation. The commercial 

impact of a footballer is crucial nowadays