Friday, January 22, 2021
The sports day
"Role model, excellent": Özil's change brings the association boss into raptures
The President of the Turkish Football Association TFF has great hopes for the move from former world champion Mesut Özil to Fenerbahce. Nihat Özdemir believes that the number of viewers in the Süper Lig will not only increase on TV thanks to the long-standing German national player. If the corona pandemic allows, "not only the fans of Fenerbahce, but all football fans in every province of Turkey will go to the stadiums to see it with their own eyes," Özdemir told Milliyet newspaper.
Özdemir is certain that Özil will "give the Süper Lig more quality". The transfer from Arsenal FC, where the Gelsenkirchen-born player was last on the sidelines, is "excellent and important". Özil will be "a role model for young footballers". The playmaker's first contract "in the homeland of his ancestors, whom he loves" is "a sporting and social event that will increase the brand value of the Süper Lig," said Özdemir.
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