Tennis Star Sania Mirza Tweet Over Mesut Ozil’s Retirement News is What Sports Community Should Stand For

This is the saddest thing to read as a an athlete , and more importantly as a human being .. you are right bout one thing @MesutOzil1088 racism should not and will not be accepted under any circumstance.. sad if all this is true .. https://t.co/d1MYyYoDYY

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) July 23, 2018

Ozil cited racism as the biggest factor for his decision to not play for Germany ever.

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“I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don’t. The decision has been extremely difficult to make… But when high-ranking DFB officials treat me as they did, disrespect my Turkish roots and selfishly turn me into political propaganda, then enough is enough,” Ozil said in a statement announcing his retirement.

Here are the three tweets by the footballer.

The past couple of weeks have given me time to reflect, and time to think over the events of the last few months. Consequently, I want to share my thoughts and feelings about what has happened. pic.twitter.com/WpWrlHxx74

— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) July 22, 2018

II / III pic.twitter.com/Jwqv76jkmd

— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) July 22, 2018

III / III pic.twitter.com/c8aTzYOhWU

— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) July 22, 2018

Meanwhile, the football fraternity stood with the former Real Madrid number 10, a player who was born and raised in Germany and his talent was nurtured by German league Bundesliga where he made his mark with Schalke football Club before joining Cristiano Ronaldo and company with Real Madrid.

Mesut Ozil joined Arsenal in 2014 on a record-breaking deal of 42.5 million euros, where he plays currently.