Mesut Ozil | The Gallery

'An uproarious comedy focusing on the unlikely transfer of one of Europe's finest midfielders to a side that doesn't win anything,' trails Will Buckland Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsenal spend more on a single player than the Manchester clubs ever have? There's something fishy about that,' puns John O'Donnell Photograph: Photomontage

Paul Jenkins also riffs on our protagonist's nickname Photograph: Photomontage

'Despite all the furore, Arsène Wenger had some nagging doubts about whether his new 'creative' midfielder was committed to Premier League football,' parps Gavin Harrison Photograph: Photomontage

'Mesut sensed the transfer window starting to close, Arsène desperately tried to remember when he last used his chequebook,' sniggers Alex Marsh Photograph: Photomontage

'No doubt you'll have loads of entries about his eyes and I'm not one to avoid a cliche, even if the reference is so obscure that no one under 40 will get it ... and it's not even funny,' witters Tim Sinclair Photograph: Photomontage

Andrew Sheffield is thinking along similar lines: 'Maybe this time the good Dr Wengerstein has something worth keeping' Photograph: Photomontage

Things take an even more sinister turn with Enna Cooper's entry: 'After weeks spent chasing his primary target, the identity of Wenger's eventual big-money signing was quite a shock' Photograph: Photomontage

Morad Brohmi is quite possibly on commission from a certain Middle Eastern airline Photograph: Photomontage

Phil Brown gets straight to the point: 'I'm struggling to think of a clever caption, so I'll just say it: Ozil looks like a lizard' Photograph: Photomontage

Magnus Blair thinks our hero bears more of a resemblance to Gollum Photograph: Photomontage

'Ozil gets a nasty shock at the welcome party for Arsenal's new signings,' reports Glenn Parrington Photograph: Photomontage

'Forget Alfred Hitchcock, Arsène Wenger is the master of (transfer window) suspense,' announces Richard Biggs Photograph: Photomontage

'Confusion over fancy foreign punctuation meant Arsenal ended up signing the German wunderkind’s Irish cousin Mesut O’Zil by mistake,' chirps Jamie Cain Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsenal sign star midfielder Zorak Ozil from Planet Dokar FC,' honks Jeremy Zerbe Photograph: Photomontage

We're not quite sure what Jashandeep Singh is trying to say here, buy we do like the pigtails on Arsène Wenger Photograph: Photomontage