A Quote by Lothar Matthaus

Ozil obviously has a lot of quality, but so does Sami Khedira as holding midfielder. — © Lothar Matthaus
Ozil obviously has a lot of quality, but so does Sami Khedira as holding midfielder.
I know from my Real Madrid team-mates Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira and my family in Andalucia that people look up to me in Spain.
My favourite position is as midfielder, playing with Xabi and Khedira.
I used to focus a lot in Ozil. He has a lot of quality and a very elegant style of play.
From the outside, you often only see the person who posts pictures of his yacht. But what Sami Khedira told me about Ronaldo's professional approach to work, for example, is impressive. He has to be an incredible training animal, the first to come, the last to leave. He is also a very warm guy. That mix is extremely exciting.
Ozil is a great distributor and does a lot of running.
I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.
A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have had two Finland legends in Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia.
Gilberto was a top midfielder who played for Arsenal. But he has a lot of respect for Manchester United, who are obviously a big club here in England. He praised the club a lot and, after he was granted the opportunity to speak to Jose Mourinho and other senior figures at United, we made the decision together for me to come here.
I often have the feeling that Ozil does not feel comfortable in the Germany jersey, that he is not free, almost as if he does not want to play at all. There is no heart, no joy, no passion.
I always try to outdo the guys. It doesn't matter who you are. Even Sami Zayn - I want to have a better match than Sami Zayn, and he is absolutely incredible. I knew at a very young age that I wanted to change the definition of what it is to be a Diva and what it is to be a woman's wrestler.
Ozil is a quality player, and he really enjoys playing football. I always tell him to enjoy it and not get too worried about scoring.
If my attention is wandering, there is somewhere it wants to go, so obviously it does not want to be where I am holding it in the name of some self-styled obligation.
I began as a striker, then became a holding midfielder, and now I'm a centre-half. I've done everything except play in goal.
It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.
I'm going to play with one goalkeeper, obviously, one defender, one midfielder and two attackers, very offensive because we need to score goals.
I have always been a midfielder, and I remain a midfielder.
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