Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been branded "pathetic" by former Germany international Mario Basler. Ozil has been bearing the brunt of the criticism as the fall-out following the reigning world champions' 1-0 defeat to Mexico shows no sign of dying down. Former Bayern Munich star Mario Basler made the claims on television about the playmaker, saying: “He's over-rated as a footballer.
I have to say it over and over again - he has the body language of a dead frog.
It's pathetic." Basler, capped 30 times by Die Mannschaft, was speaking in front of a studio audience - and his words were applauded..