Mesut Ozil needs special treatment because he's 'sensitive', according to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
Speaking
as Yahoo’s Global Football Ambassador, Mourinho said that Arsenal's
midfielder, who play for him at Real Madrid, 'needs trust' if you want
to get the best out of him.
Ozil joined the Gunners at the beginning of last season, and was widely praised for some of his early displays.
But injuries and fatigue followed, and he was on the end of some significant criticism as the campaign came to a close.
‘I think it's hard to criticize him, because Özil is Özil,' said Mourinho.
'If
you were expecting Özil to be super aggressive and to be running miles
and miles from side to side and to show great enthusiasm and
aggressiveness, this is not Mesut.
‘If you are waiting for somebody where every time he touches the ball, the ball smiles.
‘Every time he makes a pass, the ball goes with the right direction, the right speed, the right intensity, this is Özil.'
The
25-year-old is currently at the World Cup with Germany, where he played a
key role in the 4-0 demolition of Portugal in their opening game.
But the former favourite amongst German supporters was booed off in their unconvincing home win over Chile in March.
Mourinho
added: 'At the same time, I learned with him because we were together
for quite a long time, that he's a very sensitive boy. He needs
confidence. He needs trust. He needs to feel that people is with him.
When he's on the pitch, every time he touches the ball, the ball goes
beautiful.
'And
he’ll always finds the right man on the right place. So, sometimes, you
don't see him, sometimes he doesn't go to screen many, many times. But
when he goes he is a special player.'
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