Mesut Ozil accused of cheating on girlfriend

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil has been dragged into a public row with a fellow German
footballer and accused of cheating on his pop star girlfriend Mandy Capristo.

Former Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin player Christian Lell accused Ozil of 'muscling in' on his relationship with former girlfriend Melanie Rickinger.

In an interview with Bild, Lell somewhat ungraciously described his ex as a 'snake' and explained that she had exchanged intimate messages with Ozil on the messaging service WhatsApp

Ozil and his girlfriend Capristo leave Zuma Restaurant in London in October 2013

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Capristo is Ozil's girlfriend but he has been accused of cheating on her by German Lell

Lell, with Melanie Rickinger during a restaurant opening in Munich in September, has accused Ozil

'Mesut exploited his fame, and muscled in on our relationship,' said Lell. 'That isn't OK'.

Ozil himself has refused to comment on the situation. 

'We are not commenting on this. We will keep an eye on the situation, and take legal action if necessary,' said his agent Roland Eitel. 

Lell's ex-girlfriend Rickinger has said her former boyfriend is 'crazy'. She has not denied the accusations of an affair with Ozil, but did insist that Lell had accessed her messages without her permission.

'I deleted everything on my phone. He must have gone on himself and backed everything up,' she said. 'He's completely crazy.'