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Bayer chief Voller doesn't regret passing on Arsenal star Ozil

Bayer Leverkusen chief Rudi Voller insists there's no regrets missing out on Arsenal star Mesut Ozil.

Bayer were beaten by Wolfsburg for the young midfielder when he was leaving Schalke five years ago.

"I was sitting at the negotiating table. I have no regrets nor am I annoyed. We cannot bring every player here for whom we care about. Ozil was just too expensive in our view," recalled Voller in BILD.

"I said at the time: people, €5.5 million for an 18-year-old boy who is already having trouble with his coach?

"It's one of those things..."

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