Mesut Ozil’s performances haven’t gone unnoticed in his home country, Germany.
The influential midfielder has won the German Footballer of the Year in 2016. This makes it the fifth time he is receiving the award having won it first in 2011.
Since 2011 till date, he has only missed out of the award in 2014.
Arsenal’s star midfielder scooped up 54.5 per cent of the 316,850, while Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos came in second place with 33.9 per cent.
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2016:Congrats on winning #DieMannschaft‘s Player of the Year award again, @MesutOzil1088! pic.twitter.com/WgjfW40nXn
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) January 15, 2017
He told the official website of German football: ‘”I’ve remained injury-free for the most part and I feel very comfortable in London now as well.”
I’ve changed a few things in my life this past year, for example my diet and my training.
‘That helps me to regenerate fast after games and it reduces the chance of getting injured. And obviously you can’t lose the love for the game. But that’s not going to be the case for me!’
But instead of a celebratory pciture, the 28-year-old shared a picture of himself hanging a cobra round his neck
He captioned the image: ‘For all the Cobra Lovers out there #dayoff #cobracharmer’
For all the cobra lovers out there. #dayoff #cobracharmer
