Mesut Ozil thanks the fans of Arsenal for their support during the latest incidents

"Of course everyone supports Mesut, we are with him, we try to help him," AFP midfielder Arsenal told Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Mesut Ozil. Pic / AFP

Mesut Ozil thanked Arsenal fans for their "love" during a pre-season friendly meeting after a torrid week following his allegations of racism against German football's body . Ozil saw the penalties inflicted by Arsenal at Atletico Madrid on Thursday on the bench, but he received one of the biggest applause of the evening when his image was broadcast on the big screen

"Thanks to the Gunners to show so much love.This evening, the 29-year-old German midfielder tweeted, with a photo of him beckoning to the crowd. "Arsenal fans dominated the audience of 23,000 spectators who watched the London team come down 3-1 on penalties at Atletico in the International Champions Cup, after the end of regulation time at 1-1. Ozil, after his late return in training after the World Cup, sent waves through German football when he left the national team, complaining of "racism and disrespect".

The German footballer Reinhard Grindel dismissed the accusation of racism, defended Ozil after the playmaker was Abused for taking a picture with the strong president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ozil, who was born in Germany to parents of Turkish descent and won the World Cup in 2014, also felt unjustly mistaken for his shock group output at the tournament of this year.

A new Arsenal coach, Unai Emery, and the players rallied around Ozil during their pre-season tour, while the hashtags #StandWithOzil and #SayNoToRacism were popular on the networks social. "Everyone supports Mesut, we are with him, we are trying to help him," AFP midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan told AFP. "Everyone knows that Arsenal is a team with a lot of foreign players and foreign employees, no matter what country you represent, it's like family and we support each other."

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