With A Price Of IDR 780 Billion, Mesut Ozil Is The Most Expensive Player To Play In The Indonesian League?

Mesut Ozil meets Bali United officials (Instagram.com/@BaliUnitedfc)

JAKARTA – The presence of German football star Mesut Ozil invites a lot of speculation regarding the future of the player's career.

The latest news says that Ozil will join Bali United after he is known to have had a meeting with the club's officials from the Island of the Gods.

Previously, Ozil was widely linked with Rans Cilegon FC after the owner, Raffi Ahmad, promised to bring in world stars at his club.

Apart from this, Ozil is actually the world's top player with a myriad of achievements. One of them helped Germany win the 2014 World Cup when they beat Argentina, which was reinforced by Lionel Messi.

This incision is of course directly proportional to the exorbitant 'price' of Mesut Ozil.

Citing the Transfer Market page today, Saturday, May 28, it was revealed that the player, who is now 33 years old, once had a price tag of 50 million euros or the equivalent of IDR 780 billion (exchange rate of IDR 15.600).

He recorded that record when he defended English club Arsenal from September 2013 to July 2018. After that, Ozil's market value experienced a downward trend along with less playing minutes.

For information, Ozil's price has fallen 10 times in just two years! Data shows that the attacking midfielder only had a market value of 5 million euros in October 2020. The graph of this left-handed player also continued to decline to 3 million euros in March 2022 when he last played for Turkish club Fenerbahce.

So, if it is true that Mesut Ozil will play in the Indonesian League next season, it is certain that he is the record holder as the most expensive player with a price tag of hundreds of billions. Fantastic!