Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos says former Germany team-mate Mesut Ozil was talking “nonsense” in his retirement announcement last month.<\/p>\n
Arsenal midfielder Ozil, 29, quit international football after Germany exited the World Cup in the group stages, citing “racism and disrespect”.<\/p>\n
“Mesut is a deserved international and as a player he deserved a better departure,” Kroos told newspaper Bild.<\/p>\n
“But the way he resigned was not in order,” he added.<\/p>\n
Ozil faced criticism after being photographed alongside Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan in May and was one of the players blamed for Germany’s disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia.<\/p>\n
“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose,” Ozil said his retirement statement.<\/p>\n
Ozil also accused the German Football Association (DFB) of failing to support him during the row.<\/p>\n
“The parts in his statement that are rightly addressed are unfortunately overshadowed by the significantly higher amount of nonsense,” Kroos said.<\/p>\n
“I think he knows very well that racism within the national team and the DFB does not exist.”<\/p>\n
Ozil won 92 caps for Germany and was part of the 2014 World Cup winning team. He was voted the national team’s player of the year five times by fans.<\/p>\n
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