Unai Emery says he respects Mesut Ozil's decision to retire from international football with Germany and wants to offer him a semblance of normality at Arsenal. The midfielder called time on his nine-year career with Germany this week accusing the German Football Association (DFB) of treating him with "racism and disrespect" over the issue of a photograph featuring the player alongside Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan which was taken before the World Cup. The DFB has "emphatically rejected" Ozil's claims of racist treatment and while the Gunners manager Emery did not take sides, he offered his support to the German as a member of his squad on a pre-season tour of...
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