Lukas Podolski has said that he will form a good pair with his countryman Mesut Ozil at Arsenal.
Ozil has joined Arsenal this summer after leaving Real Madrid. Arsenal has paid a record transfer fee of 42.5 million Pounds for bringing the German midfielder to Emirates Stadium.
Podolski who is currently out of the Arsenal squad because of injury is very happy with the fact that Ozil has joined him at Arsenal.
In one of his interviews a couple of days ago, Podolski said, “I am glad that Mesut has come to Arsenal. He is one of my closest buddies. Our tuning is great both on and off the ground.”
“He is a fantastic player. We needed somebody like him at Arsenal. He can win us a lot of games.”
“We know each other pretty well and we will form a very good pair. We both want to be successful at Arsenal.”
Quite a few Real Madrid players including Isco and Sami Khedira are reported to be unhappy with the fact that Ozil has been sold by Real Madrid.
When asked about that, Podolski said, “You never want to lose such a teammate. Mesut set up a lot of goals at Madrid and by doing that, he gave others benefits.”
Podolski is not going to get the opportunity to play alongside Ozil pretty soon as he needs a few more weeks to recover completely from his hamstring injury. When asked about that, the 28 years old German striker said, “It’s really frustrating to have to wait for the chance to play alongside him. I want to do that immediately, but, unfortunately I can’t. I will have to wait.”
Podolski had injured himself while featuring for Arsenal in a Champions League game against Fenerbahce in August.