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Arsenal player, Mesut Özil, announced Sunday that he was leaving the German national football team for "racism" in the critics he had received for being photographed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. and after many considerations about what happened, I will not continue to play for the German national team as long as I have that feeling of racism and disrespect, "he said. the player of Turkish origin in a long statement posted on Twitter
Özil scored 23 goals in 92 matches with
the Mannschaft.
The playmaker broke his silence Sunday after being in the center of controversy at the World Cup for his photo, next to the international also of Turkish origin Ilkay Gundogan, next to the head of state
in the middle of the election campaign for his reelection, finally got. [19659002] Both players were very criticized, especially after the elimination in the first phase of the Mannschaft.Some accused them of lacking loyalty to Germany, even the director of Oliver Bierhoff team said: "We should have pe to deprive us of him – Özil – sportsman ". The fans showed their sadness.
AFP | Berlin
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