Paris Saint-Germain star Julian Draxler has revealed that he thinks about Arsenal star Mesut Ozil ahead of Germany’s opening World Cup Group D game against Mexico.

Draxler underlined that the playmaker of Turkish origin is ‘very important’ for the Germany national team.

The PSG man dismissed that his body language is a problem and made it clear that he is an ‘exceptional player’.

Julian Draxler said: “Mesut is very important player for us. That’s a fact.

“The debate over his body language has raged for a couple of years.

“But he is an exceptional player with unparalleled technical abilities and our most creative player on the pitch. He will be there when we need him and he will be delivering in this tournament.”

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Ozil is returning from a knee injury that saw him miss the warm-up games before the World Cup.

The 29-year-old has recovered and is likely to feature but could face the wrath of his own fans.

Ozil, Ilkay Gundogan and Turkish international Cenk Tosun – who were all born in Germany – were criticised by sections of the German media and fanbase after posing with pictures and handing team shirts to Turkish president Recept Tayyip Erdogan.

Gundogan was booed in the Saudi Arabia match by his own supporters.

Germany boss Joachim Low believes both players could end up being booed by their own fans in the World Cup.

“They will possibly be accompanied by some whistles,” he added.

“OK, it is what it is. I cannot influence the whistles. I would have liked it differently but my job is to get them into the flow and help our team.”