Really sad news, Mesut Ozil retire from international football... :(

Link to an article with all the detail.

And here his letter of retirement for those who don't wanna check the article:

Nice one. :D this is going way off topic.

But anyway, racism is there and will always be a problem fore foreseeable future. We can all agree It's the most retarded things and should be eliminated. In football, there is NO ROOM for this crap.

Let's go back to Ozil, but if we must, do you think he meeting with "the considered-by-many a dictator" was a wise move? May be he's completely innocent or dont have a choice... I would not blame him... but I'm sure people consider that controversial

lol tuan... my thoughts too.

Let's just agree that racism should have no place in football. Meanwhile we can hope that the germans just stop this drama and handle their businesses in a more discrete way. Publicly bashing each other will just hurt all parties involved

Can he possibly play for Turkey at this point ?

No he can't. Once you've played for the senior team you've made your choice.

The German is rough, I love working with them (I'm working with Lidl & Adidas), and they are the best to work with... but they are rough as hell.

And their humor is weird :D.

They need to sort this shit out, the whole crew bashing on 1 player is lame and public shaming is bad.

No he can't. Once you've played for the senior team you've made your choice.

I'm pretty sure you still can change teams during senior level. Diego Costa and Wilfred Zaha did it.

@iHeartfootball: I'm not 100% sure about the details...it could be that friendlies are not taken into account. But still it's more of being exceptions than the general rules.

I'm pretty sure you still can change teams during senior level. Diego Costa and Wilfred Zaha did it.

you're right, you can only play friendly and not competitive match tho.