Ozil Reveals £100m China Offer Amid Contract Issue



Mesut Ozil has revealed he got an offer of £100million from a Chinese club, amid speculations that he is set to make a U-turn and sign a contract extension with Arsenal.
The Germany international has been offered fresh terms at the Emirates believed to be worth around £250,000-a-week, but he is yet to commit his future to the club, with his current deal coming to an end at the end of next season.
But the 28-year old has revealed he was offered the huge sum to join the Chinese bandwagon, but turned it down. “Chinese were prepared to pay me £100million net over a period of five years. A fairy tale amount of money that went beyond the limits of my imagination,” said Ozil in  in excerpts from his book ‘Gunning for Greatness: My Life’, serialized by the Daily Mail.
“In spite of this it took me less than three minutes to decline the offer. My agent, Erkut, called me to let me know about the bid. He said: ‘I think we’re agreed what we’re going to do, aren’t we? You won’t consider it, will you?’
“‘I’m nowhere near the end of my career,’ I replied. ‘I still want to win titles with Arsenal. I don’t want to play in China no matter how much they’re willing to pay. No way.’
“And so the matter was settled. In the knowledge, by the way, that Chinese president Xi Jinping is a fan. On one occasion Arsenal’s managing director came to tell us that the president had contacted the club asking for my jersey with a dedication. In fact he wanted a Germany shirt and we promised to sort it out.
“That same day a courier picked up the shirt from my house.”

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:04/18/2017

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