Real Madrid German made revelations in autobiography

Ozil reveals how he snubbed Guardiola's Barcelona

Former Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil has revealed that he had a major dressing room bust-up with coach Jose Mourinho at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, which led to the coach telling the player he could leave.

German newspaper Bild are publishing extracts from the German's autobiography, entitled The Magic of the Game, which will go on sale on March 16.

On Thursday, the segment that they published included details of a dressing room spat between Ozil and Mourinho at Real.

"'Do you think that giving two good passes is enough? Do you think that you are so good that you only need to complete 50 percent of your passes?'," Ozil wrote of Mourinho's outburst in his direction.

"He stopped and looked at me with his dark brown eyes. I leaned back. It was like the look of two boxers before the first round. I hated him even though I actually adored him.

"'I want you to play as you know, to go for the ball like a man, do you know how to go for the ball when we lose it?'.

"I'll show you," was Ozil's response.

The current Arsenal man revealed that he lost his cool at that moment, throwing his jersey at Mourinho's feet before offering the Portuguese tactician some advice.

"If you are so great then why don't you play. There you go, do that," snarled Ozil.

"Are you giving up?" was Mourinho's instant response. "You're a coward. What do you want? Do you want a nice hot shower, wash your hair and be alone?

"Or would you prefer to show your teammates, the fans and me what you can do? Remember, I don't need you."

"I grabbed my towel and walked past him to the shower without saying a word to him," Ozil concluded. "Later, I apologised for my behaviour to Sergio Ramos and the rest of the team."