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At the end of January, Fenerbahce Istanbul made the commitment public - and, since the club is listed, also gave numbers.

There was read of three million euros that Mesut Özil would collect from the coming season.

The 2014 world champion decided to leave Arsenal FC after seven and a half years and start a new chapter on the Bosphorus.

After a few weeks that Özil is with his new club, he is out for the time being.

The 32-year-old former national player suffered "partial tears in the inner and outer collateral ligaments of the ankle and intense edema in the inner-outer ankle bones of the ankle" in the 1-1 draw at home against Antalyaspor with Lukas Podolski on Thursday evening.

This was announced by Fenerbahce after a closer examination.

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The 32-year-old Fenerbahce midfielder said on Twitter on Friday morning that he was “really sad”.

According to Özil, his injury is a torn anterior ligament.

He will be missing a few games, "but it could have been worse," he wrote.

He will do everything possible to return to the field as soon as possible, emphasized the former national soccer player.

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"The doctors and the trainer will make a decision after further examinations," said press spokesman Alper Yemenciler.

Turkish media suspect that it will take at least a month for Özil to recover.

Setback in the battle for the championship

After just over an hour, Özil had twisted his left foot in a duel.

He had to be taken off the pitch on a stretcher, the midfielder holding his arms over his pained face.

After moving from Arsenal FC to Turkey, Özil only appeared six times in the league.

In addition, he was once in the cup in the starting lineup of Fenerbahce, which with the draw also suffered a slight setback in the fight for the Turkish championship.

The lack of prominent access should hit Fenerbahce in the title fight.

On March 21st there will be a decisive city duel with the second table Besiktas, who like Galatasaray has two points more than the 19-time champion Fenerbahce.

However, Besiktas are one game behind.