For a World Cup winning star who has represented both Real Madrid and Arsenal Mesut Ozil gets more than his fair share of critics - particularly on social media.
Now the 26 year-old Germany playmaker has found a new way to tackle the trolls via his sponsor Adidas.
The sportswear giant is currently rolling out a campaign with the slogan 'There will be haters' featuring stars including Gareth Bale, Diego Costa, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez, Luis Suarez and Ozil.
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This week they took the opportunity to silence the £43m signing's twitter trolls with hilarious results.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/adidasUK" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/adidasUK" data-vars-event-id="c23">@adidasUK</a> ozil is shit— Greg Horan Support (@Iaurettapng) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Iaurettapng/status/577227633597001730" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/Iaurettapng/status/577227633597001730" data-vars-event-id="c23">March 15, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Iaurettapng" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/Iaurettapng" data-vars-event-id="c23">@Iaurettapng</a> ok. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/therewillbehaters?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/hashtag/therewillbehaters?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#therewillbehaters</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/W1KGxfSpgx" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-http://t.co/W1KGxfSpgx" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/W1KGxfSpgx</a>— adidas UK (@adidasUK) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/577228639399477248" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/577228639399477248" data-vars-event-id="c23">March 15, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/adidasUK" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/adidasUK" data-vars-event-id="c23">@adidasUK</a> Ozil should've stayed with Nike. Adidas are shit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/29vqEegMPk" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-http://t.co/29vqEegMPk" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/29vqEegMPk</a>— Zak (@ZakDaGooner) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ZakDaGooner/status/577248788471013378" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/ZakDaGooner/status/577248788471013378" data-vars-event-id="c23">March 15, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ZakDaGooner" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/ZakDaGooner" data-vars-event-id="c23">@ZakDaGooner</a> winners wear adidas, Zak... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/2R0HKedCR1" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-http://t.co/2R0HKedCR1" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/2R0HKedCR1</a>— adidas UK (@adidasUK) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/577251041986650112" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-82561-https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/577251041986650112" data-vars-event-id="c23">March 15, 2015</a>
