Crinkly Ears

Well I almost completely overlooked him at the airport. When viewing group pics my strategy is to locate Sami first because he's easier to spot and Mesut's usually at his side, so I thought I'd be clever and do the same when they arrived at Schiphol. There were about forty fans there to wave them off (it was around midnight) and it didn't take long for people to start climbing over the security line to take pics with the players as they walked through. Am a firm believer in not getting all up in people's personal space unless they consent, so I hung back, but I had a good spot (and, as aforementioned, am tall so I was just staring over peoples' heads while filming on my phone). I immediately spotted Sami when he walked in so then I quickly started looking round for Mesut but he was nowhere to be seen so I thought I'd somehow missed him in all the excitement. Thinking I'd filmed everyone, I turned off my phone ... AND THEN MESUT JUST WALKED RIGHT PASSED ME!! Am talking less than two inches distance between us because he was trying to side-step some people. Goddamnit! By the time I turned my camera back on he was already at the check in and the crowd was right behind him, blocking my view. He was the LAST player to get off the bus, well after the rest of the team was already up ahead, and didn't look too happy: can't imagine his mood was improved when he was then mobbed by a group of fifteen or so Turkish teens. The fact that he'd isolated himself from the rest, especially Sami, worried me, to be honest, but I guess he was just bummed about only getting to play the last fifteen minutes of the match. Was relieved to see him smiling and back to his happy self a couple days later :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kslQka0iP_M&feature=plcp

As for potential football husband (LOL Love how I say that as though it's a given) ... Well, am a German nation team supporter, and most of them are freaking tall, so I could always cast my line into that pool XD