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What Was Mesut Up To In Vegas, Anyway? The Secret Footballer Thinks He Knows!

This summer we all had lots of fun wondering what on earth Mesut was up to in Vegas (and who the hell spends 2 weeks there anyway?)

Well, perhaps we can get an idea by turning to The Guardian's "Secret Footballer" for an inside look.

For those of you who are puzzled, The Guardian (which runs the best football sports page of any kind) has a "Secret Footballer" who writes tell-all columns about life at the top. He writes anonymously, since his contract forbids arrangements with newspapers of this kind. While there are certainly many clues dropped as to his identity, and there is a running competition (and even a webpage "whoisthesecretfootballer.com") among readers to determine who he is (and one theory is that he doesn't exist), he has yet to be unearthed.

For now he's still writing columns and has published a book (again, anonymously) of his experiences of the pressures of life in the Prem, playing abroad, his battles with crippling depression etc...

A complete list of his columns CAN BE FOUND HERE

And here is an excerpt from one of his books of a vacation taken in Las Vegas...


( This is what you get when photobucket does maintenance... )

Yes indeed! Mesut is the subject of a book - available here - that is to be released shortly. It is entitled "Mesut Ozil: On The Path To World Stardom". I shall be ordering it, of course, and if anything interesting or new to the community is revealed I shall certainly be providing a translation for all of you!

Hopefully it will have interviews with people who know him and not just with Mesut; to make it a more interesting read, if you know what I mean ;)

( A Quiet Couple Of Days... )

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