I am not saying that Eriksen is a better player than Ozil. I want that to be clear.
However.
I'd like anyone interested to take at look at something. A cool little video I found last night whilst chilling at home, watching some YouTube. Enjoy:

And it got me thinking: how DO they line up against one another, based upon this season. And so I decided to check out the stats and see for myself. And I founnd out some interesting stuff. First, let's cover a little bit of background:
Mesut Ozil cost Arsene Wenger 42m, and small wonder. At 24 years of age Ozil was the Assists King of Madrid, at the time. The player Ronaldo said best understod his movement. One of the best midfielders in Spain, Europe, and the world. And suddenly available since Madrid had paid 85m for Bale, and needed some cash. With that reputation, and to much fanfare, he proceeded to improve Arsenal immensely, and racked up these stats:
Goals: 7 . . . . . . . . Assists: 13 . . . . . . . Total: 20 . . . . . . . Cost per Goal/Assist: 2.1m
Pretty good, I'd say, especially considering it's his first season in the rough and tumble world of the Premier League. Surely he's proved that the lynchpin of Madrid's midfield is just as good in England, right?
Well, let's check out Eriksen, for comparison.
Christian Eriksen was widely regarded as the best player in the Dutch league, and certainly the best player in an Ajax side that has won that league for the past 4 years in a row (the first two of which were captained by Jan Vertonghen). Which is why he seemed a bargain at only 11m, even if the Eredivisie is a bit more of a step-down from, y'know, the fame and glory of Real Madrid, and event he was only 21 years of age. He then went on to rack up the following:
Goals: 10 . . . . . . . Assists: 10 . . . . . . . Total: 20 . . . . . . . Cost per G/A: 0.55m (550k)
Thats very interesting, I'd say. I mean, here's this kid, 3 years younger than Ozil, coming from a much lower pedigree, and racking up equal goal and assist totals with the former cream of La Liga. In his own first season in the PL, no less.
Wow.
Gets even more wow, when you consider that Ozil played 3,029 mins this season, over 40 games, and Eriksen only played 2,501, over 36 games.
Again: I am NOT saying that Eriksen is a better player.
But, I offer up the suggestion that it might be only a matter of time. ;)

I am not saying that Eriksen is a better player than Ozil. I want that to be clear.

However.

I'd like anyone interested to take at look at something. A cool little video I found last night whilst chilling at home, watching some YouTube. Enjoy:

And it got me thinking: how DO they line up against one another, based upon this season. And so I decided to check out the stats and see for myself. And I founnd out some interesting stuff. First, let's cover a little bit of background:

Mesut Ozil cost Arsene Wenger 42m, and small wonder. At 24 years of age Ozil was the Assists King of Madrid, at the time. The player Ronaldo said best understod his movement. One of the best midfielders in Spain, Europe, and the world. And suddenly available since Madrid had paid 85m for Bale, and needed some cash. With that reputation, and to much fanfare, he proceeded to improve Arsenal immensely, and racked up these stats:

Goals: 7 . . . . . . . . Assists: 13 . . . . . . . Total: 20 . . . . . . . Cost per Goal/Assist: 2.1m

Pretty good, I'd say, especially considering it's his first season in the rough and tumble world of the Premier League. Surely he's proved that the lynchpin of Madrid's midfield is just as good in England, right?

Well, let's check out Eriksen, for comparison.

Christian Eriksen was widely regarded as the best player in the Dutch league, and certainly the best player in an Ajax side that has won that league for the past 4 years in a row (the first two of which were captained by Jan Vertonghen). Which is why he seemed a bargain at only 11m, even if the Eredivisie is a bit more of a step-down from, y'know, the fame and glory of Real Madrid, and event he was only 21 years of age. He then went on to rack up the following:

Goals: 10 . . . . . . . Assists: 10 . . . . . . . Total: 20 . . . . . . . Cost per G/A: 0.55m (550k)

Thats very interesting, I'd say. I mean, here's this kid, 3 years younger than Ozil, coming from a much lower pedigree, and racking up equal goal and assist totals with the former cream of La Liga. In his own first season in the PL, no less.

Wow.

Gets even more wow, when you consider that Ozil played 3,029 mins this season, over 40 games, and Eriksen only played 2,501, over 36 games.

Again: I am NOT saying that Eriksen is a better player.

But, I offer up the suggestion that it might be only a matter of time. ;)

"Im not you, when i say something, i dont invent it."

I'm not you. When I say something, it's ACCURATE. :)

That article does not say what you think it says. The decision to sell Ozil over Di Maria was down to the fact that no-one except Arsenal had bid for Di Maria, and Ozil could fetch almost 20m more. You know why? Because it WASN'T Ancelotti's decision in the first place; it was Perez'.

Did you bother to read the Sky Sports article, or are you fond of only trusting lazy US-based opinion sites, instead?

Also: why are you trying to make a big deal out of this, especially since you're wrong?

"Im not you, when i say something, i dont invent it."

I'm not you. When I say something, it's ACCURATE. :)

That article does not say what you think it says. The decision to sell Ozil over Di Maria was down to the fact that no-one except Arsenal had bid for Di Maria, and Ozil could fetch almost 20m more. You know why? Because it WASN'T Ancelotti's decision in the first place; it was Perez'.

Did you bother to read the Sky Sports article, or are you fond of only trusting lazy US-based opinion sites, instead?

Also: why are you trying to make a big deal out of this, especially since you're wrong?

"And Real Madrid has no problem of budget, if Ozil was useful in Ancelotti eyes after the arrival of Bale, RM would have kept the 3, they dont sell players that they need for money..."

You... actually know nothing about how Real Madrid operates, do you?

Go away, knibis 2.0.

the way I see it, Erikssen had a great second half of his season. Ozil had an okay season by his standards, and they ended up with similar stats. In terms of Ozil for me is a league above erikssen as of TODAY. We'll see later what Erikssen can become in the next few years.

the way I see it, Erikssen had a great second half of his season. Ozil had an okay season by his standards, and they ended up with similar stats. Ozil for me is a league above erikssen as of TODAY. We'll see later what Erikssen can become in the next few years.