Mesut Özil: I'll Be Fit For World Cup

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Mesut Ozil is confident he'll have recovered from a back injury in time to represent Germany at the World Cup.

The midfielder missed Arsenal's 5-0 win over Burnley on Sunday and is expected to sit out Arsene Wenger's final game in charge of the Gunners, against Huddersfield this weekend.

However, he sought to reassure fans of Die Mannschaft via his Twitter account on Monday afternoon.

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That isn't good.

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After all the talk of him prioritisng Germany over Arsenal and exaggerating his injury, it turns out this is actually true 

Mesut Ozil is struggling to be fit for the start of Germany's World Cup campaign.

The German Football Federation has confirmed the Arsenal playmaker is suffering from a bruised knee sustained in the warm-up game against Austria last Saturday.

Ozil opened the scoring in the 2-1 defeat before being taken off after 76 minutes.

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Experts say you are more likely to get injured when you're tentative and aren't giving your all. It's like when you're more likely to get cut using a blunt knife than using a razor sharp one.