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"I think deeply he is a very, very collective player," Wenger said recently. "He is a very respectful guy. If you tell him to do that, he will do it for you. Mesut plays in the link between the low midfield and the striker . . . sometimes, I think he sacrifices himself for the team."And while assists are part of that, it's not the entire story. Assists now have become accepted as a legitimate way to measure creativity. Perversely, they've also become a measure of individual talent, despite their nature being the opposite of individualism.The real value of Ozil's performances at Arsenal? Look how Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla and Ramsey have evolved since Ozil joined. Their statistics, as much as Ozil's, demonstrate the value of a proper, selfless No. 10.
