“He’s the player who knows my moves in front of goal best” – Ronaldo angry over Ozil’s exit

Cristiano Ronaldo has declared his anger at Mesut Ozil’s departure to Arsenal.

Germany playmaker Ozil was a deadline-day record signing for the Gunners at £42.5million, with Ronaldo becoming the latest Real Madrid star to express his frustration at the move.

According to Spanish paper AS, Ronaldo has told Portugal team-mates his views on Ozil’s switch, which came hours after confirmation of Real’s world-record £86million signing of Tottenham’s Gareth Bale.

‘The sale of Ozil is very bad news for me,’ he said.


‘He was the player who best knew my moves in front of goal… I’m angry about Özil leaving.’

Real claim the move to Arsenal is a result of Ozil wanting to leave, but he had been told to go because the club need to pay loans taken out to bring in Bale, costing £100m-plus in repayments.

Bale will not be able to offer Ozil’s ability to find Ronaldo with a pass anywhere on the pitch, as the Portugal star alluded to.

Ronaldo’s words come after a host of other top Real players spoke out on their team-mate’s departure for London.