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Mesut Ozil leaves Arsenal: Where did it go wrong for "Assist King" in Premier League?

The "Assist King" has left the building as Mesut Ozil heads to boyhood club Fenerbahce after agreeing to terminate his Arsenal contract with six months remaining.

It wasn't supposed to be this way; in fact, Arsenal fans once hoped he'd stay forever. Ozil's £42.4 million arrival from Real Madrid in September 2013 -- and his subsequent £350,000-a-week deal to stay at the club, signed five years later -- were heralded as landmark moments for the Gunners in their pursuit of a return to former glories.

At first, Ozil had a unifying effect on a fanbase whose disgruntlement under Arsene Wenger was just beginning, but over time the midfielder became the most polarising figure at a club evolving dramatically behind the scenes as the game's elite clubs disappeared over the horizon.