German international goalkeeper Manuel Noir has revealed that midfielder Mesut Ozil was "not at all" a victim of racism.
Noir was not a "victim" of racism at Nacional Manchavt, which the Englishman has decided to leave behind after being criticized for his portrayal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"We talked a lot (about Ozil) and wrote a lot about it, it was obviously a very painful subject for those who read about it all," Noer said on Thursday evening, according to German media quoted by his Bayern Munich team as saying.
"We have always tried to integrate all the players and we have done everything to play," said Noir, who was not a victim of racism in Germany. In a good spirit. "
"We have to accept this decision," said the Bayern goalkeeper, who called on the national team to "start a new one." We need new players to feel Really proud to play for the national team and to do everything they can to play for their country in order to find a way to success. "
Ozil, born in Germany to a Turkish family, has been under fire since the controversial picture he and his German-Turkish teammate Elkay Gundogan and Turkish President Erdoğan raised in May, raising questions about his loyalty to Germany before the World Cup in Russia.
In response to what he suffered before and during the World Cup, Ozil announced in late July that "with a heart full of sorrow, and after much thought due to recent events, I will not go back to playing internationally as long as I feel this racism and disrespect towards me."
"When we win, it is Germany, and when we lose, I turn into an immigrant," the 29-year-old said, criticizing chief German footballer Reinhard Grindel who later regretted not defending the player. "To adopt a" racist speech "in the approach of the Ozil case with Erdogan.
"As head of the German Union, I should have said without ambiguity what is clear to me and to the whole Union: that any form of racial harassment is unbearable, unacceptable, intolerable."
Like the Bundesliga, Grindel rejected the racist accusations made by Massoud Ozil in his long press statement last Sunday. He also did not apologize to the midfield player in Singapore with Arsenal.

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