This is where football peaked for us. It's something that can't be recreated.
Real Madrid 3-2 PSG
Real Madrid 5-4 Chelsea
Real Madrid 6-5 Manchester City
Three consecutive comebacks in the UCL knockout stages. That season will always be special 🤍
🚨🚨🎙️| Arda Güler on Mesut Özil:
"To be Fenerbahçe’s number 10... I never thought it would happen, because the shirt belonged to Mesut Özil. He is the player I have learned from the most, but for three months I didn’t dare to speak to him. I was too shy."
"He’d pass me in the hallway going, “Hey, have a good training session.”I’d stare right ahead and say, “OK.” He’d say, “Arda, are you OK?” I’d say, “Yes. Good.”
"People who don’t know Özil think that he’s a little cold, but he was the one who started our friendship, because I couldn’t. One time he invited me to his room at the training ground, and there was a PlayStation there that he wasn’t using."
"He must have seen me looking at it with big eyes, because he said, “Arda, you can take it.” I said, “No, I can’t.” Too shy. “Arda, take it.”He was so kind."
"When Özil left Fenerbahçe in 2022, I thought the shirt would go to one of our new signings. I was 17 years old, and you cannot ask for the 10, the same way a king cannot ask for the crown. But the board members told me, “Arda, the shirt is yours… but only if you have the confidence to wear it."
I needed exactly one second to think about it. "I’ll take it." When I put that shirt on for the first time..... I don't even know how to describe it. I was not just walking in the footsteps of Alex. I was taking on the creative responsibility for the entire team and millions of fans. It was a privilege. An honour. A dream."
"Arda Güler, Fenerbahçe’s number 10. It was almost like winning a trophy. When I put that shirt on, I felt invincible." 🇹🇷✨
[@PlayersTribune]