Arsenal star Mesut Ozil has been dragged into a public row with a fellow German footballer, and accused of cheating on his popstar girlfriend Mandy Capristo. Ex-Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin star Christian Lell accused Ozil of ‘muscling in’ on his relationship with former girlfriend Melanie Rickinger. In an interview with Bild, Lell somewhat ungraciously described his ex as a ‘snake’ and explained that she had exchanged intimate messages with Ozil on the messaging service WhatsApp.
Ozil himself has refused to comment on the situation. Lell’s ex-girlfriend Rickinger has said her former boyfriend is ‘crazy’. She has not denied the accusations of an affair with Ozil, but did insist that Lell had accessed her messages without her permission.