On Thursday, in the released biographical book "Die Magie des Spiels", the author revealed that Mesut Ozil, the goalkeeper of London's "Arsenal" and the German national team, could have ended up in the "Barcelona" club, but this transfer was hindered by the disrespectful Pep Guardiola.
In 2010, after a successful performance in the World Cup, M. Ozil became one of the most sought-after young football players in Europe. The talented footballer attracted interest from many clubs - "Arsenal", "Man Utd", Munich's "Bayern", Madrid's "Real" and the same "Barca".
M. Ozil revealed that he admired the playing style of the "Barcelona" team and would have been willing to move to this team, but the goalkeeper soon had to forget about this opportunity - the German did not like that there was no personal contact with him and there was no desire to buy him shown by the then manager of "Barca", P. Guardiola.
"Arsenal became interested in me in 2010 after the World Cup", revealed M. Ozil. - There were other clubs - "Man Utd", "Bayern", "Real" and "Barcelona".
"My agent met with representatives of "Bayern" and discussed the possibility of playing for this team, but similar discussions took place with other clubs as well.
Before heading to Barcelona, I was convinced that this would be my new club. I was excited about this opportunity because there was no team in the world that played more beautiful football than "Barcelona".
However, Pep Guardiola was completely absent from the negotiation process and did not contact me. He did not show that he wanted me in his team, so after waiting for a long time, I decided to forget about the possibility of joining this club," - as written in the biographical book about M. Ozil.
As it later turned out, M. Ozil clashed with the nearest Catalans from Madrid.
