Football focus! Arsenal star Ozil trades his boots for the camera lens as he snaps stunning girlfriend Mandy Capristo

Posted Saturday, November 02, 2013 by

Mesut Ozil has been making all the headlines in the wake of his £42.5million switch from Real Madrid, but he looks ready to step aside for his beautiful girlfriend Mandy Capristo.

The Germany midfielder has taken Arsenal and the Premier League by storm since arriving at the Emirates in the summer and has been spotted taking snaps of his pop star partner in London.

Capristo, 23, is a big star in her native Germany and became a solo artist after leaving girl band Monrose, but Ozil isn't as comfortable singing in public.

Football focus! Arsenal star Ozil trades his boots for the camera lens as he snaps stunning girlfriend Mandy Capristo
Say cheese! Capristo poses for Ozil who seems happy to take the snaps in the middle of a road in London

Football focus! Arsenal star Ozil trades his boots for the camera lens as he snaps stunning girlfriend Mandy Capristo

Soon after his arrival, the 24-year-old was put through his paces early as part of the Gunners' initiation process for new players.

Ozil was forced to stand on a chair in front of his team-mates and sing but he wasn't too pleased about it.

He said: 'I don't want to do it again. My voice is not up to it. I am not an X Factor candidate by any stretch of the imagination.

'It was a Turkish song, something personal I sang for my team-mates and I want it to stay that way. Of course people didn’t understand what I was singing but they celebrated me nonetheless which I think was great.'

Hair-raiser: Ozil and Capristo head back inside following their impromptu photo shoot

Arsenal face a stern test in Saturday's late kick-off as high-flying Liverpool with Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez and Co arrive at the Emirates.

But striker Olivier Giroud has heaped praise on Ozil and the other creators who have helped make him the fourth highest goalscorer so far this term.

The France centre forward has scored eight goals this season but has also provided four assists, already more than last year.
Giroud dismissed the notion that strikers have to be single-minded to succeed.

'It is a quality when you are a striker to not always be greedy and when you have a team-mate well placed on the pitch, in a good position, you have to assist him,' he said.

Gunner stunner: Ozil - in training on Friday (right) - has taken the league by storm since arriving from Spain

'Strikers are judged on their goals but we must also (provide) assists and that is what I try to do: help my team-mates.

'It is easy to play with people like Jack (Wilshere), Mesut (Ozil), Santi (Cazorla) or Tomas (Rosicky) - all my offensive team-mates.

'We have good relationships on the pitch and when we play one-touch football it is a pleasure. We try to do it in every game and when we succeed it is fantastic.'

Superstar: Capristo is famous in Germany after her days in a girlband and now as a solo artist