Mesut Ozil tweets delight at Arsenal signing Germany's fitness guru Shad Forsythe

• Mesut Ozil hailed the signing of Shad Forsythe as Arsenal's fitness coach
• The American worked with the German national team for 10 years
• Arsenal have struggled with injuries in recent seasons
• Ozil missed six weeks of the last campaign with a hamstring problem
• Forsythe has also worked with Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski

Mesut Ozil has tweeted his delight at Arsenal snapping up fitness coach Shad Forsythe, after the German FA confirmed that the American had left them to move to North London.

The fitness guru had been working with the German team since 2004 and was credited with playing an important role in their World Cup triumph this summer.

Ozil has worked with Forsythe for five years since breaking into the Germany squad, and the midfielder tweeted: ‘another world champion for the Gunners! ;-) welcome to #Arsenal, Shad Forsythe! #newFitnessCoach #AFC’.

Forsythe will also be familiar to Arsenal’s other German internationals Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski, and he is tasked with ending the Gunners’ poor run of injuries.

Over recent years Arsenal have fallen short in the title race come March as injuries have began to take their toll.

If Forsythe can reduce Arsenal’s numbers on the treatment table, then he could prove to be as important a summer signing as Alexis Sanchez, Calum Chambers or Mathieu Debuchy.