Mesut Ozil & Anna-Maria Lagerblom Split

Real Madrid's German star Mesut Ozil has split from his girlfriend Anna-Maria Lagerblom, it was revealed on Saturday.

"Yes, we have separated," Lagerblom told German daily Bild on Saturday.

Ozil, 22, had been with Lagerblom, 28, since May 2009.

After a series of outstanding displays for Germany at the World Cup in South Africa, Ozil joined Real from Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in August.

Lagerblom has split from Ozil after suffering from homesickness and loneliness in the Spanish capital having moved to Madrid in September with her son from her first marriage.

"The lifestyle was not for me, I didn't like it," said Lagerblom, the sister of popular German singer Sarah Conor and the former wife of Finland midfielder Pekka Lagerblom.

"I am pleased to be single, I'm happy again."

Ozil/Lagerblom Split Rumors

World Cup sensation Mesut Özil, 21, and girlfriend Anna Maria Lagerblom, 28, had a great time this summer.

Sarah Connor' s sister followed the Real Madrid midfielder to the 2010 World Cup, she consoled him over the loss of his grandmother and converted to Islam to marry him. But apparently the fairy tale is over.

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported : "Mesut big love is over. He wants to concentrate fully on his soccer career."

According to Germany's biggest newspaper, BILD, an inside source denied all these rumors. Mesut & Anna Maria are still together and happy.