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Ozil adds spice to German minister's trip to Turkey

Mesut Ozil joins Fenerbahce after spending seven and a half seasons at Arsenal.[photo courtesy]

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tried his diplomatic best on Monday to sidestep the delicate issue of German international Mesut Ozil's high-profile transfer from Arsenal to Istanbul's Fenerbahce.

"Yes, this issue is more sensitive than the vaccination issue," Maas said with a cautious smile at a press briefing in Ankara that was otherwise devoted to Turkey's uneasy relations with EU member states.

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