Ozil travels to Turkey to seal Fenerbahce shift soon after expressing Arsenal goodbyes

Mesut Ozil is on his way to Turkey to full his no cost transfer to Fenerbahce.

The 32-calendar year-aged explained his goodbyes to his Arsenal workforce-mates and staff members at the club’s London Colney teaching foundation on Sunday, bringing to an conclude his seven-and-a-50 percent-yr continue to be in north London.

Arsenal have supplied him permission to vacation to Istanbul wherever he will now bear a professional medical ahead of finalising his switch to Fenerbahce, the club he grew up supporting as a boy.

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The needed paperwork will then want to be accomplished, with Arsenal and Ozil acquiring reached an agreement to see his £350,000-a-7 days contract – which is thanks to expire in the summer time – cancelled early.

Resources at Arsenal say there will be no formal announcement about the World Cup winner’s exit right up until all the typical processes have been concluded.

But Ozil has spoken to Turkish channel NTV ahead of his move.

“I am quite thrilled and happy,” he said. “I am a Fenerbahce enthusiast. As a Fenerbahce supporter, god created it possible to have on that jersey. I will do my ideal.

“Tonight I will occur to Istanbul with my loved ones. The flight time is not obvious. I am going to be there tonight.”

Fenerbahce also confirmed the move was in progress, expressing: “Negotiations have started on the transfer of expert soccer player Mesut Ozil.”

There will be huge aid at Arsenal that a saga that has run considering that the start out of the season, when Ozil was remaining out of Mikel Arteta’s 25-person Premier League squad, has now occur to an conclude.

Ozil experienced always insisted he would remain at Arsenal until the conclude of his agreement, but the opportunity to transfer to his beloved Fenerbahce has noticed a dramatic modify of stance.

Talking before in the month, Ozil’s agent Erkut Sogut reported: “Everyone appreciates that Mesut is from Fenerbahce. Mesut is not just a soccer player. Mesut is Fenerbahce.

“He often said that if he arrived to Turkey, he would only enjoy for Fenerbahce. I imagine it is very important that Mesut arrives not only as a footballer but also as a lover of Fenerbahce.

“There is a course of action at the minute. We can’t say it truly is over until eventually we’ve signed it in the course of action. I hope it transpires.”

Ozil joined Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013 for what was then a club-history price of £42 million ($57m).

He built 184 Leading League appearances for the Gunners, scoring 33 plans and environment up a further more 54.

Arsenal gained four FA Cups through his time in north London and he was named the club’s player of the season in 2015-16 just after registering 19 helps.