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Major Mesuty News Of The Week!

There have been two friendlies, and there will be another this week (with Mesut's national team, Germany, against Argentina). Here are some lovely pictures and gifs and a couple of Facebook updates, courtesy of our beloved

andriy_7

Mesut first met up with Santos Laguna in spiritual home Las Vegas. Happily, Mourinho didn't allow him off the pitch and saw to it he was in New York to meet AC Milan!

I do want to start the spam (aside from posting Belly!pics to get you shameless hussies interested!) by strongly suggesting that community members check out the posts by

suzanne410 and

skywonder9 just before this one. They were able to witness Mesut playing while in the United States, and their posts have lovely candid shots of our crinkly-eared hero.

As for our spam: it should be noted that Mesut played a splendid pair of games! He started against AC Milan and was substituted on against Celtic. There are many lovely pictures of him in action, before and during the game because

andriy_7 very cleverly found us a number of pictures sourced by AC Milan for the first game.

AC Milan vs Real Madrid

A farewell to fans at UCLA

Mesut acknowledging the crowd
chanting of his name!

The Game Against Celtic - Pictures & Gifs

Mesut did not start the game against Celtic. The team markedly improved while he was on the pitch however, and he served up a beautiful assist to Karim Benzema.

Pre-match practice.

Getting ready!

Waiting with German-speaker Varane to come on.

Love from Sergio Ramos

And a little from Crispy Ronaldo too!

Back in his Nikes.

The Goal

Mesut, as can be seen in

andriy_7's lovely gif-artistry, made a pass over a third of the pitch to get the ball to Benzema.

Facebook Updates & Return To Madrid

Sami has a shadow...as usual...

Mesut Back To Madrid

Mesut Back In Germany

Mesut With The National Team

As Mesut's latest Facebook entry suggests, he is back with the national team. There is already a post of training pictures from

enx123 but here a few extras of Mesut hanging out with the fans and adding fuel to the bromantic element of the "Goetzil" phenomenon - as Bild calls them! (And hanging out with Sami - but that goes without saying!)