Özil is on its way to becoming the most ruinous transfer in Arsenal's history

He left Madrid when he was 24. He went to the Premier League, to Arsenal, to become the Gunners' leader. It's been seven seasons and that hasn't happened yet.

The Daily Mail has cross-referenced Özil's performance figures with his salary, and 'scandalous' is a word that falls short. Because he earns almost 390,000 euros a week (350,000 pounds), which is about 20 million per season, and he refused to lower his salary because of the coronavirus!

He has a star's salary, a superstar's salary, but his performance doesn't match it. He has made 254 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 44 goals and providing 74 assists.

And this is where things get ugly for the German. In terms of salary alone, he has cost Arsenal 17.4 million euros this season, and has scored one goal and given three assists.

In other words, every time Özil actively participates in a goal, it costs Arsenal four and a half million. But these figures can be twisted a little further, as the aforementioned media have done, to make Özil's below average performances even more obvious.

Arsenal have played 1,968 minutes without him on the pitch and 1,781 with him. In other words, he has been paid just over 9 million euros to watch his teammates play, from the bench or at home, as he did last Wednesday against City. About 4,600 euros per minute.