Ozil is back: he scored for the first time in 18 months!

Mesut Ozil is back. While he may be light years away from the sparkling player that took the world by storm in the 2014 World Cup and who became a star in Real Madrid, the truth is that the German can now see light at the end of the tunnel.

The 32-year-old finally got back his goalscoring touch for the first time in 18 months in no less than Fenerbahce's opening league match of the 2021/22 season. Ozil hadn't found the back of the net since 16th February 2020, in Arsenal's 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle in the Premier League.

Much has gone down since that as, amongst other things, the German put an end to his career as a Gunner to start a new adventure in the Turkey's Super Lig. But all didn't go to plan at Fenerbahce, after a series of physical problems limited him to just eleven matches in his first season, in 2020/21. It was a very different story for the season that's just started, however.

Ozil kicked off the 2021/22 campaign by treating his side to the decisive goal in a victory over Adana Demispor. He scored the only goal of a game in 0-1 win and, in doing so, putting an end to a goal draught to forget.