Mesut Özil’s drastic physical change: from Argentina executioner at the 2014 World Cup to German ‘Hulk’

Some decide to dedicate themselves to other less stressful sports after retiring as footballers, but this is not the particular case Mesut Ozil, world champion with the German national team in 2014 who ended his career in March 2023 at the age of 34. It seems that the German of Turkish origins has decided to undertake a new challenge: bodybuilding.

She shared a photo with her famous trainer on her Instagram account Alper Aksac and the difference in his physical size compared to his previous publications shocked his followers. Just a year after his retirement, his arms appear to have doubled in size.

In one of his latest Instagram stories he was seen dressed in a belt while lifting 50 kilos of weights on each side. Özil had to retire from the fields due to a series of injuries that did not allow him to enjoy football as before, but the spirit of a high-performance athlete is far from retiring.

Their trainer posted the beginning of this drastic process several months ago, with a photo in which they both show off their strong abs. “We have reached this point after two weeks of hard work, but I don’t think it’s over,” translates the publication of the Turk known for his intense physical preparation.

Özil was world champion with Germany in 2014 and has played for various European clubs including Arsenal and the real Madrid as a midfielder with an agile left foot. Nowadays he seems to dedicate most of his time to gaining muscle mass, as he is not a social media user. In any case, the comments of his followers exploded when they saw his drastic physical change.

“Sea bream is very disgusting“, they comment Mike Tyson. At this rate anything is possible for Argentina’s executioner and Lionel Messi.