Cesc and RvC were very, very good at their peaks. RvC more so, he was close to having that special sauce that really marks out the elite players. The special ability you can see in Ozil every time the ball arrives at his feet. Ozil just knows the game. It pisses people off how well he knows the game, they mistake it for a lack of effort. Get the ball, control it without a thought because, fuck, that's the very least a professional should be able to do, right? Wrong - take a look around. Take the ball, already in the knowledge of what is happening on the pitch. Find the pass if it exists, keep possession if it does not. Ozil's game depends so much on who is around him. Cesc had fearsome weapons around him, for some of the time at least. Ozil has had, until recently, Giroud and Theo. But now we see what happens when another player right on the verge of that elite status, Alexis, is moved into a prominent role. The electricity is really flowing now between the two. Finally we have a use for Ozil, the precision instrument. Xhaka could be the next player on that wavelength, once he tunes in, if he's allowed to tune in. This is how great teams are built, with great players. Not with good or flashy players - but with great players. Ozil is a great player. Hard to judge him like for like because there's nobody we've had like him. Closest would not be Cesc or RvC - rather Pires. He was another marvellous player, on another level.