Germany

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.

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.