Signed Mesut portrait to be auctioned for charity

[sashatwen.livejournal.com]

I don't think we've had this piece of news here, no?



In June, the Dfb will auction off twenty-six Mannschaft portraits by Vancouver-based artist Nahid Shahalimi for its "Egidius Braun" charity - Mesut's among them. All proceeds will go into funding a children's home in Katowice, Poland, as well as a children's cultural center and a pediatric cancer ward in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Özilers! If you want a signed Mesut for your wall, this is your time to act! It's for a good cause!

Incidentally, Ms. Shahalimi approached the dfb with the idea to the delight of her little nephew, who called her up in Germany asking for a Mesut Özil autograph. (See, Jenny? He's popular with kids all over!)

Unfortunately, she seems to have chosen the GQ cover as a reference, resulting in our crinkly-eared darling looking not entirely like himself. *g*







(Even more pics at Hna.de.)