History is deemed to repeat itself – especially with Mesut Ozil. Turkish giants Fenerbahce confirmed that Ozil and his teammate Ozan Tufan have been suspended from the first team with immediate effect. The former Arsenal star’s Fenerbahce career hasn’t gone the way everyone had hoped – and that’s an understatement.He has, however, found the going tough in Istanbul and now finds himself frozen out of first-team plans after being taken off at half-time in his most recent outing against Konyaspor.Thursday, 22.45: (1.45) Portugal (4.50) Turkey (8.50)That substitution sparked a heated argument between Ozil and head coach Ismail Kartal, in which former Watford midfielder Ozan Tufan sided with his teammate. As a result, both players have now been removed from the first-team setup for challenging their coach’s authority.”Football first-teamers players Mesut Ozil and Ozan Tufan have been excluded from the squad as per the decisions taken.”It’s not the first time Ozil has been frozen out of his own club. Ozil’s problems started when he posed for photos with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May 2018 in the run-up to the Turkish general election. That brought serious criticism from German football officials and antagonised the German public. It’s gotten even worse when the president was the best man at Ozil’s wedding ceremony.Mesut Ozil has been excluded from Fenerbahce’s latest squad 😔 pic.twitter.com/4L6yP7YGJ3— GOAL (@goal) March 24, 2022 The politics-related controversy was only worsened when Mikel Arteta accused Ozil of not working hard enough. In total, Ozil spent ten months frozen out of Arsenal’s first team before finally joining Fenerbahce in January 2021.The two players will not be forced to train separately. Mesut Ozil played 37 matches for Fener and scored 9 goals and made 3 assists since joining from Arsenal. Ozan Tufan played in 182 games, scored 21 goals and made 24 assists.
