Michael Owen says Mesut Ozil is not good enough

Michael Owen

The former Real Madrid striker has criticised Arsenal by telling that they still lack “world class players”. Michael Owen has criticised Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil for his inconsistent performances for Arsenal this season. The German midfielder was bought from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window for a fee believed to be around 42.5 million pounds.

As per reports in Goal.com, the Englishman has stated that Mesut Ozil won’t be good enough to lead Arsenal to the Premier League title unless Arsenal sign a striker in the winter transfer window. Michael Owen is said to have praised Olivier Giroud for his performance. Owen wrote on social networking site Sportlobster ” There is little doubting that Wenger’s men are now a well-oiled machine”.

Owen was quoted as saying, “The players all know their jobs inside out with Wenger rarely changing his system and against the lesser lights in the league I always fancy them to out-score their opponents.

“It is against the big boys where I think they could struggle as, in my opinion, they don’t have the class of player to go toe-to-toe with the main title contenders.

“Despite people constantly telling me that Mesut Ozil is world class, his inconsistency means that we only see occasional glimpses of real quality.

“His odd good performance is usually followed by half a dozen poor ones and despite Giroud performing admirably, unless Wenger acquires a new striker to help share the load, they could just tail off the longer the season goes on.”

It is also said that Michael Owen also criticised Manchester United boss David Moyes for buying Marouane Fellaini and not Ross Barkley from Everton in the summer transfer window. The Englishman believes that Belgian Marouane Fellaini is not capable of matching Manchester United’s ranks. He said that- ‘ Moyes would have expected an instant return on investment when buying Marouane Fellaini,” the ex-Red Devils striker added.

“I rate him highly in a certain type of team but I’m not sure he is a Manchester United player.

“Moyes would have been better served by breaking the bank for another of Everton’s players. A team consisting of two of the best youngsters in the Premier League, Adnan Januzaj and Ross Barkley, would have immediately sent out the message that Moyes is building a team to last.

“[But] there is no doubt in my mind that David Moyes will be a huge success at Manchester United for years to come.”

Manchester United currently stand 8th in the Premier League with 25 points, 10 points behind league leaders Arsenal.