Fans hold pictures of Mesut Ozil while covering mouths during Germany World Cup match
after being banned from wearing the OneLove armband in support of same-sex relationships – something that isn’t allowed in the World Cup’s host nation of Qatar during their clash with Saudi Arabia, with the visual demonstration representing the feeling that were being ‘denied a voice’.
hasn’t played for his country since the 2018 World Cup, announcing his retirement shortly after Germany’s disappointing exit at the group stage in Russia.after meeting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had been accused of human rights abuses and speaking out on German politics, something that hadn’t gone down well with the German public.
Ozil also aimed a dig at former DFB president Reinhard Grindel, saying: “People with racially discriminative backgrounds should not be allowed to work in the largest football federation in the world that has players from dual‑heritage families. “Attitudes like theirs simply do not reflect the players they supposedly represent. In the eyes of Grindel and his supporters, I am German when we win but I am an immigrant when we lose.”
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