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Mesut Ozil defends controversial meeting with Turkey's president

Arsenal and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has defended his actions after being criticised for meeting with Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ozil and Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan posed for a photo with Erdogan, which did not go down well the German Football Federation nor the local press. The photo was taken shortly before the World Cup, leading to iconic figures Stefan Effenberg and Oliver Bierhoff questioning whether either player should have been selected for the tournament. Taking to Twitter on Sunday afternoon, though, Ozil hit back at his critics and insists that he has no regrets over what was described as a political stunt due to Erdogan's controversial status. "In...
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