Inside Mesut Ozil's life after 退職 as the ex-兵器庫 星／主役にする showcases a DRAMATIC 団体／死体 変形, can't get enough of family time and 明らかにする／漏らすs his 'newest favourite hobby'

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Former 兵器庫?midfielder Mesut Ozil called time on a glittering career a little over a year ago, 選ぶing to すぐに hang up his boots part way through a disappointing Turkish 最高の League season.?

The prolific creator had by that point 設立する himself at?Istanbul Basaksehir, having gone through a very public break-up with 兵器庫, with whom he had enjoyed several stellar （選挙などの）運動をするs.?

'I'm looking 今後 to everything that is in 前線 of me with my beautiful wife, Amine, and my two beautiful daughters, Eda and Ela.' The World Cup 勝利者 said in a 声明 発表するing his 退職. 'But you can be sure that you will hear from me from time to time on my social マスコミ channels.'?

Ozil certainly has 実行するd that 誓約（する） in the 13 months that have followed, as fans have been 扱う／治療するd to a jaw dropping 団体／死体 変形, wholesome family snaps, political advocacy and a whole lot more.?

Here, Mail Sport takes a look at what the 補助装置 king has been getting up to since he stepped away from the game.?

Former 兵器庫 and Real Madrid 星／主役にする has been making the most of his newfound 解放する／自由な time since retiring in 2023

He won 支援する-to-支援する FA Cups in his first two seasons at 兵器庫, above pictured with Bacary Sagna after winning the 2014 final against 船体 City at Wembley Stadium

The Ozil family are 定期的に seen on the former footballer's social マスコミ accounts. The happy quartet live in Istanbul, where the ex-midfielder finished his career

There's only one place to start, 推定では where Ozil now begins and finishes most of his days: the gym.?

The midfielder would often be the leanest player on the pitch during his career but that でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる has since made way for a much bulkier one.?

In March, his personal coach, Alper Aksac, has 株d a new photo showcasing the staggering 進歩 that Ozil has made.?

Aksac captioned the photo: 'Nothing better. For the best one ever,' with a weightlifting emoji.

The week 事前の, Cristiano Ronaldo 株d his support for his former Real Madrid team-mate, after Ozil had 地位，任命するd a clip of him using a 始める，決める of 戦う／戦い ropes before 押し進めるing a 負わせるd sled up and 負かす／撃墜する the length of a gym.

The 35-year-old, who played at Los Blancos with Ronaldo between 2010 and 2013, captioned the ビデオ: 'Always stay ready, then you don't need to get ready.'

He also 追加するd a 'sand timer' and a '100' emoji to the caption, 誘発するing some 憶測 の中で fans that he could be considering a return to football.

Ronaldo 称讃するd his gruelling workout, with a winking emoji and 令状ing: 'Bro not bad.'?

Though, not everyone has been impressed with his sudden change.?

Ozil's former Germany team-mate Mario Gomez （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he was 試みる／企てるing to become a 'little Ronaldo' and 暗示するd his 劇の turn could point to deeper 問題／発行するs often associated with 退職.?

'I am someone who believes in the happy medium because I have experienced swings in both directions and know that extremes often lead to nothing good.' Gomez told the Phrasenmaher podcast last week.

'I don't know what his 使節団 is behind this. It looks a bit crass and wouldn't be my thing - but that's not the point.

'When you come out of a career in which you received a lot of 激励 and 賞賛する for years, you 自然に look for something that fulfils you.

'Mesut now seems to have 設立する this in the gym. He also played with Ronaldo and maybe thinks: Now I have time to become a little Cristiano.'

Ozil has unde rgone a 劇の 団体／死体 変形 since retiring from football last year

The ex-Real Madrid 星／主役にする was 称讃するd for his workouts by his old team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo

Ozil has showed off his staggering 団体／死体 変形 in a photo on Instagram (権利) in which he has a muscle-bound でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる compared to his lean physique at 兵器庫 (left in 2013)

It appears 激しい workouts are just part of the 地位，任命する-career picture for Ozil, who has recently publicised a newfound hobby. The former Germany international 地位，任命するd an image of himself on Instagram riding a horse earlier this month.?

He captioned the picture: 'If the horse is not a Turk, it is a 重荷（を負わせる）.' Days later he was joined by his wife?Amine, who smiled as she was pictured in the saddle.?

In an interview with Marca, Ozil professed his love for his pastime, 説: 'One of my newest hobbys is riding horses. (laughing) I enjoy that a lot, it really makes a lot of fun.'

The 危険s associated with the activity may have 否定するd him the 適切な時期 to ride while 契約d to a club in his playing days. 解放する／自由な from those かかわり合いs, Ozil appears to be relishing the time on his 手渡すs.?

In 新規加入 to riding, Ozil opened up on the other ways he has kept himself 占領するd.?

He told the Spanish 出口: 'You cannot spend enough time with your family. I enjoy every second. There's also some 商売／仕事 stuff like real 広い地所 and of course my hobbies like gaming [and] going almost every day to the gym.'

Family time is 明確に incredibly important to the former Gunner, who married?Amine Gulse in 2019, having 報道によれば begun dating two years 事前の.?Amine is a former 行方不明になる Turkey 勝利者 after moving to the country from Sweden, where she was born and raised.?

The couple welcomed their first child Eda in March 2020 before her sister?Ela was born in September 2022. Ozil is always keen to 地位，任命する pictures of his family on Instagram and he took the social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約 on Tuesday to celebrate his wife's 30th birthday.?

'Happy Birthday to the most beautiful, loving and caring woman & mother in the whole universe.' He wrote. 'Thanks for always 存在 there for me! Stay healthy & all the best! I love you my love.'

Ozil has recently taken up riding, which he 明らかにする／漏らすd has been a 広大な／多数の／重要な source of enjoyment

Ozil has spoken of his delight to be able to spend more time with his young family now he is retired

Turkey's 大統領 Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Ozil and his wife Amine Gulse during their wedding 儀式 over the Bosporus in Istanbul

に向かって the end of his playing days Ozil 伸び（る）d a 評判 for speaking out about 全世界の 原因（となる）s which he felt 熱烈な about.?In December 2019, he 非難するd 中国's 治療 of the Uighur 全住民 in the north-western 地域 of Xinjiang, where more than a million people have 報道によれば been held in 拘留，拘置 （軍の）野営地，陣営s over 最近の years.

Earlier that year, he whipped up a political 嵐／襲撃する when he was pictured と一緒に?Turkish 大統領 Recep Tayyip Erdogan.?

He 二塁打d 負かす／撃墜する on the welcome when he and?Amine, who both have Turkish family roots, 交流d their nuptials with Erdogan taking up a 目だつ 役割 in the 儀式.?

Since then, he has been 声の about the war in Gaza, and called for a 中止する to the 敵意s and the 解放 of パレスチナ.?

'Praying for humanity.' He wrote in October. 'Praying for peace. Innocent people and 特に innocent kids are losing their lives in the war - on both 味方するs. It's so heartbreaking & sad. PLEASE STOP THE WAR!!!'

A devout イスラム教徒, Ozil welcomed in Ramadan in March with an image of himself making the 巡礼の旅 to メッカ in 2016.?

どこかよそで, as he 明らかにする／漏らすd in his 最近の interview, he has continued his love 事件／事情／状勢 with ビデオ games, having 設立するd his own eSports team in 2018. His スパイ／執行官 even （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that his 未来 could 嘘（をつく） in professional gaming once his football career was done.?

'He will go more into eSports, play himself and maybe become an eSports 競技者.'?Dr Erkut Sogut told The Telegraph in 2022. 'He’s really good, to be honest, at Fortnite and I think one day I wouldn’t be surprised if he is competing.?

'He owns a team ? M10 eSports ? and he has players. He has a gaming house in Germany. He has football, like Fifa, and Fortnite.' That reality has not yet materalised.?

Most recently, he attracted headlines after joining a host of other celebrities to 購入（する） a five per cent 火刑／賭ける in Wrexham.?

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and 略奪する McElhenney have 購入（する）d a 火刑／賭ける in Mexican 味方する Club Necaxa.

Ozil is の中で the sta rs that have 以前 投資するd in Necaxa, with NFL 星／主役にする Odell Beckham Jr., model Kate Upton, actress Eva Longoria and MLB 投手 Justin Verlander also doing so.

によれば Sportico, as part of Reynolds and McElhenney's 投資, the 星／主役にするs who have 投資するd in Necaxa have also now 購入（する）d five per cent of Wrexham.

The 35-year-old has continued to speak out on social マスコミ about 問題／発行するs of the upmost importance to him

Ozil 明らかにする／漏らすd that he continues to enjoy playing ビデオ games, having become an 熱心な gamer during his football career?

Former 兵器庫 midfielder Mesut Ozil has 報道によれば 購入（する）d five per cent of Wrexham

In stark contrast to many former 広大な／多数の／重要なs, the glaring absence from Ozil's 地位，任命する-career life so far has been football. The former midfielder was linked to a 役割 with the Turkey 国家の team last year but he did not 結局最後にはーなる taking the position.?

'You never know,' he told Marca about the 可能性 of him working as a coach or 冒険的な director. 'But 権利 now this is out of question.

'I'm happy how thing s are 権利 now. I am not bored yet, we will see how things are in a couple of years.'