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Ozil’s arrival could have a similar sort of impact like that of Dennis Bergkamp
In this regard, Ozil also represents a change in the general perspective of Arsenal as a selling club. Having big name players in the squad might just be the deal clinchers which Arsenal was missing in its transfer negotiations. There is no bigger statement of intent than going all out to get what you need to achieve your goals. And fortunately for Arsenal, their chase of the top quality targets this summer has largely made positive impressions on the media as well as the fan populace, in spite of the ire aimed at the club after its opening day defeat to Villa, from which they did well to bounce back strongly.
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Arsenal supporters are all giddy about the third German international in their squad and have all the right to be so after a long period of one disappointing transfer window after another. In recent years, the club has had to sell such fan favourites as Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie to keep the balance in the books as well as the dressing room positive.
Amid such negative expectations, a marquee signing such as Ozil was met with a huge celebratory uproar from the generally skeptical Gooner population. The news spread like wildfire on social media, with some fans finding it difficult to digest the news. The positive reverberations of this deal will likely resonate with the fans for a very long time.
Some have been quick to point out, and rightly so, that despite being a welcome move, Ozil’s signature doesn’t address the weaknesses of the squad, which were thought to be the striker and the center back positions, and neither does it guarantee success on the pitch. However, this sudden stirring of the sleeping giant has garnered big reactions from all over the sporting intelligentsia. And the lion isn’t even fully awake yet.
Who knows, just as with Bergkamp, Arsenal might just have acquired the fulcrum of the machine which they aspire to be. How far they succeed in building around that fulcrum, is yet to be seen.
