Arsenal star Mesut Ozil says his Instagram was ‘hacked’ after pic of him holding ex-girlfriend Mandy Capristo surfaces with cryptic message
Gunners ace then posted update alongside current girlfriend Amine Gulse while thanking his team for 'getting control back'
MESUT OZIL claimed his Instagram was "hacked" after a photo of him holding ex-girlfriend Mandy Capristo was posted alongside a cryptic message.
The Arsenal star's official account had a snap uploaded to its 12.9million followers of the romantic scene with the caption: "I know I messed up Mandy but will always love you @gracecapristo."
Ozil was seeing German pop star Capristo - but was earlier this year pictured dining out with former Miss Turkey winner Amine Gulse.
The Gunners ace's international team-mates were celebrating their Confederations Cup success while Ozil frantically tried to find out what was happening on his social media account.
He tweeted: "My Instagram account has been hacked - my team and I are working on it..."
The Instagram post was removed roughly half an hour later.
Ozil and Capristo are believed to have started dating in 2013 and she celebrated alongside him when Germany won the World Cup the following year.
Their romance was always on-off however and the pair were pictured together up until the end of last year.
More recently the Germany star has been seen alongside Gulse.
And it was she who featured next to Ozil in the photo he posted to show his account was under control once more.
Ozil, whose photo showed him and Gulse inside a plane, wrote: "As you may have seen my account was hacked this evening.
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"Thanks to my team and Instagram for assisting me today in getting control back of my Instagram.
"Sorry to the media but it's time to kill the stories and false headlines now. The story is fake news."
Ozil and Gulse have been enjoying holidays together, recently sitting next to each other on a white-knuckle speedboat ride.