Germany

Arsenal’s Agyemang shines with two goals as England triumphs in tournament opener with 2-1 win over Poland, despite being reduced to 10 players.

The German national team are looking at Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker to replace Oliver Bierhoff as their managing director, according to a report.

Bernd Leno has missed out on the Germany squad for the upcoming international break, after dropping out of the Arsenal side.

A number of the Arsenal squad have headed out on international duty over the current break, so let’s have our usual look at when they’ll all be in action.

The international break is underway again, so let’s take a look at the Arsenal players set to be involved for their countries.

Leonie Maier has not been included in the German national squad as she is suffering with a knee problem.

Bernd Leno has admitted his disappointment at not being the first-choice option for Germany, though he concedes that has a lot to do with the strength of the alternatives.

Mathieu Flamini has praised Mesut Özil’s stand against the German FA, calling on other players to use their social influence for good in the same way.

The German FA recently took the step of introducing unisex toilets to help ease the struggles of transgender people at their games.

Mesut Ozil was asked to name the player he thinks is the best young talent in the Arsenal squad. His answer was definitive

It may have taken over a month, but finally one of Özil’s Germany teammates has spoken out in his defence, and insisted the 29-year-old isn’t to blame for their poor tournament.

150 people held a demonstration against the ‘racist’ treatment of Mesut Özil by the German media and the DFB, after the player spoke out over it in an Instagram statement.

Turkish ministers reacted positively to the news that Mesut Ozil would no longer play for Germany as long as he felt subjected to racism. The…

Germany’s general manager, Oliver Bierhoff and their FA’s president, Reinhard Grindel, have been urged to step down after attacks on Mesut Ozil following their country’s poor World Cup.

Per Mertesacker has come out firing in defence of Mesut Ozil who has been turned into a scapegoat for his country’s World Cup failings in Russia this summer.

Mesut Özil won’t play for Germany again, having burned all his bridges with the national team, according to reports in the country.

The President of the German Football Association (DFB) has demanded that Mesut Ozil explain why he met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the World Cup as the Arsenal man continues to be targeted after his country’s failings in Russia and his father says he should quit the national team.

Mesut Özil’s transfer value has dropped more than anybody else’s at the World Cup, according to analysis in Spain.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Wednesday. Mexico v Sween, South Korea v Germany (Mesut Ozil), Serbia v Brazil and Switzerland (Granit Xhaka, Stephan Lichtsteiner) v Costa Rica (Joel Campbell) all feature. Anita also previews Thursday’s matches which feature Japan v Poland, Senegal v Colombia (David Ospina), England (Danny Welbeck) v Belgium and Panama v Tunisia.

Mesut Ozil was pictured clashing with angry German fans after his country was knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage for the first time in their history.