Mezut Ozil, a former football player at well-known clubs such as Arsenal and Real Madrid, is expected to focus on esports and become a professional gamer. This was revealed by the agent, related to his activities after retiring.
"He will go into esports, play alone and maybe become an esports athlete. To be honest, he is very good at Fortnite, and I think one day I will not be surprised if he is competing there," said Dr Erkut Sogut, Ozil's agent, as reported by us. from Dexerto, Monday (20/6/2022).
Sogut revealed that Ozil himself has an esports team called M10 Esports. This German national football athlete, also has a Gaming House (GH) as well as several pro players in FIFA and Fortnite games.
According to him, the 33-year-old player could hang up his shoes and switch to a keyboard and mouse. This is likely to happen, once his contract expires in a few years later with the Turkish club, Fenerbahce.
It is known, that Ozil himself really likes to play the game Fortnite and he had expressed it via Twitter. He even has a Twitch account, which is followed by 175,000 fans.
Although only one video was presented in it and that was four years ago. However, from what Sogut said, the possibility is very high for Ozil to focus on esports, including being active again in live streaming while playing games.
A little information, Ozil is not the only football player in the world who has an esports team. David Beckham, became the next phenomenal figure, who participated in this electronic sport.
Beckham was announced as co-owner of a British esports company, Guild Esports, in 2020. Then there is Manchester City star Kun Aguero, founder and CEO of KRU Esports, who competes in Valorant and FIFA.
