Uli Hoeness blasts Mesut Ozil for Erdogan picture and quitting Germany: ‘he last won a tackle before the 2014 World Cup’
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness slams Mesut Ozil after Arsenal star quits Germany team over controversial photo with Turkish president Erdogan
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has launched a withering attack on Mesut Ozil after the forward’s decision to quit the German national team.
Ozil made the decision in protest at what he feels was racism in some of the criticism he received from Germany officials, fans and media over him posing for a controversial photograph with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the World Cup.
The 29-year-old was born in Germany but has Turkish roots, saying in an explosive four-page statement posted on social media that “I have two hearts, one German and one Turkish” and that “racism should never, ever be accepted”.
But Hoeness feels Arsenal star Ozil should have been dropped from the Germany team years ago.
“He had been playing s*** for years,” Hoeness told German daily newspaper Bild. “He last won a tackle before the 2014 World Cup, and now he and his s**** performance hide behind this picture.
