Crinkly Ears

Okay - so linguistics are not the boys' thing...





The person responsible for getting Mesut to talk in VERY BAD ENGLISH - I leave aside Lady Edith - is Michael "Mikey" Essien - bundle of joy and happiness, Mesut-bromantic interest, and the person responsible for "The Game of Hope" in Ghana - a lovely event that he hosts every year in early June. A whole bunch of Chelsea and RM players have been invited and apparently Mesut will show up if this is anything to go by! A large number of Chelsea players have already said "yes" so mark the date lovinthelads and andriy_7!

There are gifs! Thank you Ikeercasillas


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Appearances - Stats & Statistics

Mesut has overtaken Bodo Illgner (1996-2001; 2 Championships, 2 Champions Leagues) as the German with the second-highest number of official appearances with Real Madrid at 119 against Zaragoza! Some of you will remember that it was because of his shoulder injury that Iker Casillas became Madrid's #1.

To get to #1 he has to overtake Uli Stielike (1977-1985; 3 championships, 1 UEFA cup) - crinkly_ears is rooting for you darling!



For Germany fans: Uli Stielike was a runner-up in '82 and won the 1980 Euros with Germany. Bodo Illgner won the World Cup in 1990 with the only clean-sheet in World Cup history. I am sure these are goals we all hope the boy with the upside-down-ears will manage with Germany!

Illgner is an affectionate observer of the Mesuty phenomenon and was even asked about him this past hour in Sport1's write-up of Mesut's press-conference (more on that below). Even before he became a presenter (next to Ray Hudson) on Bein sport, he was often asked to comment on Mesut at Madrid by the German press. His verdict: Mesut's on-the-pitch personality could use some work (he should be more demanding of his teammates, particularly at Madrid), but he's a stout admirer of the boy on the pitch and "not just because I'm German" as he told Phil Shoen during the commentary done for the last clasico. He also laughed, suitably loudly, when Ray Hudson said: "I don't think May'sooht knows how to foul..."

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(Originally posted June 2011)


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Video Archive: Mesut's Very Long Interview (One Half Hour) With Cadena Ser In October Of 2010.





Translated by me, jenny_jenkins, with some difficulty. Mesut's voice is dubbed-over so translation mistakes were inevitable. Questions are deduced from the answers because I don't speak Spanish. The first half of the interview is all in one video. The second half is in 9 seperate videos of only about 2 minutes each.

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