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NIGHTMARE OZIL’S BEEN RUBBISH FOR YEARS

Bayern President Hoeness hits back at Arsenal star in racism row that has caused uproar in German football

- BY SIMON BIRD

MESUT OZIL has been slammed by Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness for “playing crap for years” before quitting the Germany team in a racism row.

And Hoeness declared he was “glad this nightmare is over” because he no longer wanted to see the Arsenal playmaker in the national line-up.

Midfield star Ozil won the World Cup four years

ago with Germany, but claims his Turkish heritage means: “I am not accepted in society. I am being treated different.”

He made three posts on his Twitter account on Sunday about his treatment, finishing by saying he would never play for Germany again.

But Hoeness (above), a World Cup winner with West Germany in 1974, said: “I’m glad this nightmare is over. He has been playing crap for years.

“The last tackle he won was before the 2014 World Cup – and now he is hiding himself and his poor performanc­es behind this photo (of him with controvers­ial Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan).

“His 35million followers, that do not actually exist in the real world, believe Ozil has played exceptiona­lly when he finds his man with a square ball.”

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