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Photo-German footballer, Mesut Ozil retires from international football over racism and discrimination

Mesut Ozil has confirmed that he is retiring from international football with immediate effect following the “treatment he received from the DFB.”

The Arsenal attacker claims that the way he has been treated by the German football association makes him “no longer want to wear the German national team shirt.”

Ozil announced the decision in the third part of a lengthy statement released on his Twitter account, with the first part explaining the reasoning behind his controversial photograph with Turkey president Recep Erdoganand the second update criticising how the media and sponsors reacted to the incident.

DFB president Reinhard Grindel was the focus of the third and final part of the statement, as Ozil hit out at the official, claiming: “I will no longer stand for being a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do his job properly.”  

Following Germany’s disastrous World Cup performance, where they failed to get out of their groups and lost to both Mexico and South Korea, Ozil was heavily criticised by the media and by the DFB, with Grindel even urging the midfielder to make a public statement on his meeting with Erdogan, also questioning his credentials as an international player following the incident.

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