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Mesut Ozil retires from international football

Ozil has confirmed that he is retiring from international football with immediate effect following the "treatment he received from the DFB

Mesut Ozil said Sunday he was quitting the German national football team, citing "racism" in the criticism of him in the side's World Cup debacle.

"It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect," he tweeted.

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