I’m new to this Özil matter. I’m not really sure what he did or said. None of the sources online don’t seem to provide clarifications. From all I know, he’s a revolutionary player in modern football and always seemed like a nice guy to me

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    1 year ago

    In terms of being underrated on the pitch, just his casual and undemonstrative body language. Everything was so elegant he made it look simple and easy, whereas someone like Connor Gallagher steams around crashing into people and cant pass it ten yards but is lauded as a team player.

    In terms of hatred almost certainly rooted in Racism and Islamaphobia. He famoulsy said when i win Im German when i lose im Turkish. He called out the inhumane treatment or Uighur Mulsims in China when Arsenal did a promotional tour there which was the end of that relationship.

    He is a great footballer and human, among the most philanthropic out there.