Gunners hail a new hero as Ozil oozes world class

Scenes of Arsenal fans celebrating outside their stadium were broadcast late into the night on September 1 and their team had not even kicked a ball.

The cause for a party was the breaking transfer deadline day news of Mesut Ozil’s record £43m (€51.3m) signing from Real Madrid.

Finally, manager Arsene Wenger had spent a bundle of their hard-earned cash on a genuinely world-class player.