Antonio Rudiger has expressed sympathy with Mesut Ozil over the situation that led to the Arsenal star retiring from Germany duty. Ozil stepped down from the national team following Germany's surprise early exit at the World Cup, having been criticised before the tournament for meeting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ilkay Gundogan was also present at the meeting but the Manchester City player apologised, while Ozil did not publicly speak out about the incident until after the World Cup. Ozil subsequently indicated he felt his Turkish heritage led to discrimination regarding the way the row was handled by the German FA. But Germany internationals including Toni Kroos were quick...
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