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title: "Arsenal: Fans fall head over heels for Arsene Wenger after comments on Mesut Ozil"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fans-fall-head-over-heels-for-arsene-wenger-after-comments-on-mesut-ozil/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2019-12-19T04:40:08Z"
modified: "2019-12-19T04:40:08Z"
---

# Arsenal: Fans fall head over heels for Arsene Wenger after comments on Mesut Ozil

**Arsenal fans have been falling head over heels for Arsene Wenger after the Frenchman’s comments on Mesut Ozil and his comments on the Uyghur issue.**

Wenger came out in defence of the playmaker he signed way back in the summer of 2013, claiming the German has a right to express his freedom of speech [(via BBC)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50835754).

The former Germany international has been caught up in a storm with China after his comments on the Uyghur issue.

Ozil [called out the mistreatment of over a million Muslim minority](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/16/mesut-ozil-row-chinas-arsenal-fans-burn-shirts-in-anger-at-xinjiang-post) in the far western Xinjiang region as well as the Muslim world for their silence on the issue.

As a result, the club’s clash against Manchester City was pulled from the scheduling of state broadcaster CCTV.

Chinese Fans posted images of themselves [burning Arsenal jerseys](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/16/mesut-ozil-row-chinas-arsenal-fans-burn-shirts-in-anger-at-xinjiang-post?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1576479925) with the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang called out the player for being ‘blinded by some fake news’ [(via CNN)](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/16/football/mesut-ozil-arsenal-china-invite-uyghur-media-spt-intl/index.html).

Fans were lauding Wenger after his comments about Ozil as they took to Twitter to react.

Here is a selection of tweets from the north London faithful:

> Arsène Wenger : Invincible Defender of Free Speech. Aristotle of Football. Father of the Emirates. Swear the world would be a better place if we had a position called Manager of the World and Arsène was in it. [pic.twitter.com/LtelM27HZP](https://t.co/LtelM27HZP)
>
> — Student des Spiels (@StudentOfArsene) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/StudentOfArsene/status/1207270412230348800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Runs football now so same thing, Arsene and his child Mesut tryna bring peace to the world and save it😢
>
> — コナー (@ArtiIIero) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/ArtiIIero/status/1207272801016696833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> big daddy wengz!! [https://t.co/R5UStrHiau](https://t.co/R5UStrHiau)
>
> — aizedlittlemozart (@monsieuraized) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/monsieuraized/status/1207280916814598144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> The moment Arsenal distanced themsleves from Mesut Ozil’s comments about China was the moment they lost all class as a club. Any class that was left… left with Wenger. Fact.
>
> — W (@vintagehleb2) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/vintagehleb2/status/1207244676257988609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Well done Arsene💯
>
> — General Big Bash (@Ballybkimba) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/Ballybkimba/status/1207285775093706753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Exactly
>
> — ABACHA LOOTER KING 👑 (@CharlieCaker) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/CharlieCaker/status/1207284625434910720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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