Arsenal star playmaker Mesut Ozil will miss today’s encounter with West Ham United.
The 29-year-old picked up an illness during the week and missed first-team training on Friday.
Ozil has missed several games due to illness during his time at Arsenal, a point that has not gone undetected by some Gunners fans.
The reception ranges from disbelief to sympathy to outright anger.
Mesut Ozil gets ill a lot
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) August 25, 2018
Ain’t it funny how often Mesut Ozil gets ill?
This is just a mask to cover up the goings on of what really happened.
He ain’t ill.— ᔕtevie ᗷull (@Stevie_Bull) August 25, 2018
Get well soon mate @MesutOzil1088
— Irfan Zakhary (@Atzakhary) August 25, 2018
Mesut Ozil, 350k a week, 1 of 5 Arsenal captains, misses more matches in a season through illness than both my children miss school days in a year. He’s an embarrassment.
— Harry Deighton (@Hazdogg) August 25, 2018
There is no way you naturally get sick so often as a fit footballer, Özil is definetely not taking his job too serious as it seems. Disappointing
— Sliver (@Sliverxx7) August 25, 2018
Get well soon dude.
— Crooked (Crypto) Pictures (@cr00kedpictures) August 25, 2018
How many times can this man have an illness. It is a joke
— Artur (@ArturM94) August 25, 2018
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Ozil has missed a total of seven games due to illness since his move to north London.
Arsenal will be hoping to register their first victory of the season when they host West Ham United at the Emirates today.
The Gunners lost their opening two games of the season against Manchester City and Chelsea.
The visitors West Ham also come into today’s clash in poor form following back-to-back defeats.
