Manuel Pellegrini believes it is "strange" that Real Madrid sold Mesut
Ozil but said Manchester City did not try to sign the Germany
international because they have David Silva.
Former Real manager Pellegrini comes up against Ozil for the first time
in England when his City side host Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on
Saturday. While Pellegrini is an admirer of the playmaker, who cost
Arsenal a club record fee of 42.5 million pounds, he has creative
midfielders like World Cup winner Silva and former Gunner Samir Nasri.
He said: "We never had the chance to sign Ozil. He's a very good
player. It was strange that Real Madrid let him go. But he plays the
position of Silva and I think we have the players we need there. That's
why we didn't bring another one in."
Pellegrini confirmed that captain Vincent Kompany is fit to face
Arsenal after he was an unused substitute in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over
Bayern Munich. The centre-back spent almost two months on the sidelines
with a thigh injury and returned for the away games against West Brom
and Southampton before he was rested for the match against the European
champions.
Pellegrini added: "He didn't play in midweek so he is perfect for this
game. I think it was a risk to use him just 72 hours later in the week
that he has returned. We will see in the future; maybe he won't have any
problems to play two games in a row. This week it was better for him to
rest."
Pellegrini believes he and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger share an
attacking philosophy, unlike some of their counterparts at other major
clubs.
He explained: "Both teams play as a big team. That's very important for
your mentality. Some big teams prefer to be very strong defensively and
have two, three, four counter attacking players. In that sense I think
we are very similar."
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