German playmaker Mesut Ozil was 'never the same' at Arsenal after Santi Cazorla left the club.
That is the opinion of Ozil's agent, who was speaking about his client's eventual decline at the Emirates Stadium club.
Ozil did win three FA Cup trophies, scored 44 goals, and managed 77 assists during an eight-year stint with the Gunners.
"He had Santi for a while and he loved him," Ozil's agent Erkut Sogut told AFTV.
"I think probably one of his most favourite players. Mesut is a smart, intelligent player, he reads the game and he is always looking. He loves to play with intelligent players.
"If you're a No.10 the one in front of you and the one behind you, a good striker and good No.6 who cleans it up and sees you and plays you the ball so you can give the final pass.
"Santi is very smart, very intelligent and has great technique and that suited Mesut a lot to have him behind him.
"When Santi left you could see it wasn't the same any more, right away it changed."
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