German Football Association (DFB) head Reinhard Grindel on Thursday said he should have made clearer that racism is unacceptable after midfielder Mesut Özil quit...
German-Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki has criticized Mesut Özil, who left the German national football team due to "racism and disrespect" arising from a meeting...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said German-Turkish footballer Mesut Özil had displayed a “nativist and nationalistic” stance by quitting the German national team...