MONEY NEVER PLAYED A BIG ROLE FOR ME IN FOOTBALL - OZIL

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has revealed that money never played a big role for him in football.

The 28-year-old whose current contract expires in June 2018, has been linked with an exit from the Emirates, as he is yet to agree a new deal.

But Ozil insists that it is not all about money for him or else he would have been playing in the Far East now.

Money never played a big role for me in football, he told Goal. 

I play football because I love it. Sure, you do not earn peanuts and the offer from China was tempting and interesting. 

But as I said: Money is not everything. I want to win titles and I have my goals I want to achieve. That is more important than money. That’s why I said from the beginning that China is not an option for me.