Just when we all thought that the issue of racism was dying slowly especially in sporting quarters, the world has been given a jolt of a reminder as a top notch footballer has just announced his retirement from international football.

His main reason? Your guess is as good as mine - Racism.

The person in question by the way, is none other than the well-known German and Arsenal Mid-fielder, Mezut Ozil.

Ozil who plays for the German National Football Team as a midfielder made the announcement on Sunday evening claiming to have been the subject of “racism and disrespect” following his high-profile and controversial meeting with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just before the World Cup.

That meeting with Erdogan ended with the football star posing in a photo shoot with the Turkish president and German teammate Ilkay Gundogan, a situation that keen observers had suggested had something special about it.

This was eventually confirmed as both players came under heavy criticism from fans and pundits in their homeland as a result with leading German football figures such as Oliver Bierhoff and Ottmar Hitzfeld suggesting that both players should not have been allowed to represent their country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Competition in Russia.

After earlier on moving to clarify his position over the picture in question Mesut Ozil again took to Twitter to officially announce his retirement from the international game.

In a statement, the respected midfielder had the following to say;
Please read on here; http://uneekomunikations.com/racism-once-more-on-the-front-burner-as-mesut-ozil-quits-international-football/

What a shame really for the Football Family. Such a nice footballer and person like Mesut Ozil should NEVER have been allowed to face such messy situations. But then of course, racism in itself is messy.

If he loves Turkey so much, he should stay there. If it's such a wonderful place why did he and his wretched family pack up and move to Germany?