Former Chelsea Defender Calls Mesut Ozil 'Most Overrated Player in the Premier League'

Published on: 08 November 2016

Former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy has described Arsenal's Mesut Ozil as "the most overrated player in the Premier League."


He also claimed that the German international wouldn't get "anywhere near" the Chelsea team.


"When I say this I don't say it lightly but Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is the most overrated player in the Premier League," Cundy toldFootball Fan.Zone.


"Every week I get Arsenal fans bigging him up to me, telling me how good he is and that he's world class, but he's not.

"If you want to talk about world class, let's look at someone like Luis Suarez for example, he's the standard and Ozil can't be mentioned in the same breath as the former Liverpool man.


"Last week we were forced to bow to the midfielder because he scored a wonder goal against a bunch of Bulgarian farmers to complete an Arsenal comeback but why were Arsenal losing 2-0 in the first place?"


Cundy added that he doesn't see Ozil as the best player at the club, giving that honour to Alexis Sanchez.

I could watch Ozil's goal for hours. pic.twitter.com/qMUjb3P3yT

"Aside from not being world class, he isn't even the best player at his club right now. [Alexis] Sanchez is proving more important and I wouldn't have him [Ozil] anywhere near Chelsea.


"For me Ozil epitomises Arsenal, the two were made for each other. He's pretty on the eye but when the bullets start flying he is nowhere to be seen.


"He's the kind of person that rocks up to a party when the cake is being cut and blows out the candles but isn't there to help set up or to help clean up after either."


Ozil has scored seven goals in all competitions so far this campaign, including a hat-trick against Ludogorets in the Champions Leagueat the Emirates.

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