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Thursday, 16 August 2018

Toni Kroos calls Mesut Özil’s claims of racism around Germany team ‘nonsense’

• Midfielder says Özil’s international retirement ‘not in order’
• Özil claimed he was scapegoated for his Turkish background

Toni Kroos has criticised former Germany teammate Mesut Özil for the way he announced his international retirement over claims of racism, which the Real Madrid midfielder called “nonsense”.

The 29-year-old Özil announced he would no longer be playing for the national in July after Germany crashed out of the World Cup group stage. He said he had faced “racism and disrespect” because of his Turkish roots.

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