‘Hopefully for your birthday you get a back bone’ – Arsenal fans react to Mesut Ozil’s special day on social media
Mesut Ozil celebrated his 29th birthday on Sunday 14 October with a 2-1 defeat against Watford.
Ozil’s birthday celebrations took a backseat to the surprise away defeat.
The 2014 World Cup winner did take to social media to send out a birthday message but it drew a mixed response from his fans.
Ozil has now been at Arsenal for three-years since joining from Real Madrid on in 2013 and has gone gone win three FA Cup trophies.
We took a look at how Arsenal fans reacted to Ozil’s birthday on social media.
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The responses ranged from critical to cynical to congratulatory and everything in-between.
Hopefully for your birthday you get a back bone and grow some bollocks and start fighting for your club, forget about £300’000 a week
— Craig Taylor (@CraigTaylor9) 15 October 2017
Waste of talent!!
— Matthew Brannigan (@Brannypad09) 15 October 2017
We lost yesterday mate. Cancel your birthday and hit the training ground and work on your finishing boy
— RJ (@GoonerRJ) 15 October 2017
Sorry I missed your birthday, kinda like that sitter you missed yesterday
— lukychmz (@lukychmz) 15 October 2017
There were however, a lot of fans still backing the Arsenal star. There were literally hundreds of tweets supporting Ozil on his big day.
LOVE YOU MESUT. DON’T LISTEN TO THESE HATERS.
— Aditya (@afcAditya1806) 15 October 2017
Happy Birthday hero.
— o coritiba morreu (@CFCmaicon) 15 October 2017
Happy Birthday bro, you deserve to be called the goat, not the scapegoat.
— Zuhayr ? (@OzilFIick) 15 October 2017
Hope the keyboard warriors don’t start abusing here. Good luck for your future
— Europa Knights ? (@Cechque) 15 October 2017
You’re bigger than Wenger bro get him sacked already
— Bülent Özil (@BulentAFC) 15 October 2017
Love you my king
— Helen (@ElenaSanchezz) 15 October 2017
— Nawaf (@AfcNaw) 15 October 2017
WE LOVE YOU AMIGO DONT LISTEN TO THESE HATERS
— S™ (@arsenalcrest) 15 October 2017
Aw isn’t that lovely!
Lovely to meet you today Mesut and happy birthday! pic.twitter.com/KN7CMCmK9P
— wallygaroo (@wallygaroo) 15 October 2017
Dedication!
Happy birthday to our favorite Arsenal player!! ??☺️ pic.twitter.com/rh0STPyrNA
— Katie (@Katiegio3) 15 October 2017
Bantz
Remember it’s Mesut Ozil’s birthday too. Born on exact same day/year. Hitting our prime.
He got the football ability.
I got the work rate.— Spencer FC (@SpencerOwen) 15 October 2017
Ozil has yet to score or provide an assist in all competitions for the North London based outfit this season.