The Germany coach Joachim Löw has criticised Real Madrid for selling Mesut Ozil to Arsenal, although he feels the attacking midfield will benefit from the move.

Ozil joined the Gunners on transfer deadline day, claiming he felt Arsène Wenger had more faith in him than his Madrid counterpart Carlo Ancelotti. His Germany team-mate Sami Khedira said he regretted his club's decision to sell the 24-year-old and Löw has echoed his sentiments by questioning Madrid's decision.

"Many Real players like Sami Khedira or Cristiano Ronaldo are sad about the transfer," he said. "For me, it's incomprehensible that Real would sell one of their top scorers."

While disagreeing with the move, which he would not have sanctioned had he been coach of the Merengues, Löw said he fully understood why Ozil accepted a move to the Premier League. Low also believes a change of scenery would probably benefit the midfielder.

"Mesut is a sensitive player and he needs the faith from the club and the coach," said Löw. "It seems that was not longer 100% there at Real whereas Arsenal and their coach Arsène Wenger pulled out all the stops to get him.

"He has a top coach there and, with Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker, he has two German colleagues. Arsenal are a strong team who play technically high-quality football."

The transfer has not affected Ozil in his preparation for Germany's World Cup qualifier against Austria on Friday night, though, with Löw saying he "looks perfectly happy and satisfied. He is fully focused".