Ozil contacted by DFB President Keller as German FA hope to set up reconciliation meeting
“The treatment I have received from the DFB and many others makes me no longer want to wear the German national team shirt,” Ozil said at the time. “I feel unwanted and think what I have achieved since my international debut in 2009 has been forgotten.” Ozil, a five-time German Player of the Year, singled out former DFB president Reinhard Grindel, accusing him of racism. He added: "I will no longer stand for being a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do his job properly." Now, Grindel’s successor, Fritz Keller, has reached out to Ozil to repair the relationship between ...