Mesut Ozil has accused the German media of attempting to turn the country against him since his meeting with controversial Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Arsenal star Ozil took to social media on Sunday to post the second installment of a three-part open letter, which began with him defending his reasons for being photographed with Erdogan before the World Cup. That meeting, at which the midfielder was by joined international team-mate Ilkay Gundogan, prompted an outcry in Germany and led German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel to ask for an explanation. National team manager Oliver Bierhoff also suggested Ozil should have been omitted from the squad that...
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