Germany

Joachim Low has revealed he received a ‘great reaction’ from Mesut Ozil after the German was dropped for their group game against Sweden.

The out-of-proportion media criticism of Mesut Özil is continuing in Germany, ahead of the country’s second World Cup match against Sweden.

Lothar Matthaus has hit out at Mesut Ozil claiming that it looks like he doesn’t want to play for Germany.

In this third podcast of our summer World Cup series, Anita recaps day four of the action which featured Costa Rica (Joel Campbell) v Serbia, Germany (Mesut Ozil) v Mexico (Carlos Vela), and Brazil v Switzerland (Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner).

German national team manager Joachim Low revealed that Mesut Ozil has undertaken a number of extra training sessions in order to be fully fit for their opening World Cup game on Sunday against Mexico.

Mesut Özil is back in full training with Germany, just in time for his country’s opening game against Mexico on Sunday.

Speaking in a Q&A with fans, Henrikh Mkhitaryan named his favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but left out two major contenders for the competition.

Shkodran Musatfi does not expect to be selected for the World Cup according to a report from Germany this morning.

Arsenal think Joachim Low is a ‘suitable candidate’ to replace Arsene Wenger, but the manager himself is reluctant to take the job as he’s worried about burning out with Germany this summer.

Shkodran Mustafi admitted last week he needs to make the most of the final matches of the season to get into the Germany World Cup squad, but unfortunately he’s way off his best right now.

Joachim Löw has left Shkodran Mustafi out of his Germany squad for the international break, replacing him with Matias Ginter and Marvin Plattenhardt.

Former Germany defender, Thomas Berthold, is the third person to warn Arsenal about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s behaviour.

Craig Bellamy recently laid into Mesut Ozil after his performance for Germany against England because the playmaker ‘drives him up the wall’.

More statistics have emerged following Germany v England’s 0-0 draw on Friday evening that prove Mesut Ozil isn’t the lazy player the media insist on labeling him when he plays for Arsenal.

Nine Arsenal players have been called up for their countries for their upcoming international matches.

Shkodran Mustafi is a doubt for Arsenal’s clash against Watford on Saturday and Gooners aren’t happy.

Arsene Wenger has revealed that three Arsenal players won’t be going on international duty for their respective countries.

Arsenal fans were left asking the same question to Mesut Ozil after the 28-year-old stole the show for Germany in last night’s World Cup qualifier.

Arsenal and Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil impressed once again, scoring and assisting a goal as his side enjoyed a 6-0 win over Norway.

Several Arsenal players were in action for their respective countries on Friday 1 September; here’s how they got on.