Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from international football.
The Arsenal midfielder, 29, was made the scapegoat for Germany's World Cup disaster this summer in Russia, as the 2014 winners of the tournament failed to make it out of their group following two defeats and a win.
Ozil was criticised for his performance in Germany's opening defeat by Mexico, before being dropped for the victory over Sweden. He was subsequently returned to the starting XI for the must-win clash with South Korea, but was again on the losing side.
Ozil posted three open letters to social media on Sunday, concluding with his resignation from international football.
His first post defended his decision to pose for a picture alongside Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan back in May - an image that landed him in hot water at the time.
While the second letter was directed at the German media, and hit out at them for blaming the picture and his dual-heritage for the nation's poor World Cup performance.
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He has always be a lazy player wish cost him his early exit from real madrid and madrid became european champion till last season.

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Dem don frustrate this guy. Oyinbo wahala too much ahn ahn. Nawa o

Just like Lukaku once said, " The Belgian media refer to me as The Belgian player Romelu Lukaku, when the going is good. But when I don't do well they refer to me as Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian player of Congolese descent.
Moral Lesson: No matter how successful you are outside your home, you must be reminded of your heritage when you are not in your best.



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mesut you have paid your dues if am in your shoes I will do the same. what else is bigger than the world cup.
that's the politics in sports many with dual citizenship are never allowed to captain national teams and are easily discarded even some Switzerland players complained of such treatment.

noruwasman:
He has always be a lazy player wish cost him his early exit from real madrid and madrid became european champion till last season.

that's the nature of his game, the Germans knew that before he was called up to play for them. having roots from Turkey and being a Muslim with the phobia attached to Islam is a big baggage for him.

About time .