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German 2014 World Cup winner Mesut Ozil has spectacularly quit the national team in a long Twitter post, claiming he has faced racism and disrespect from Germany's football authorities. The DfB, Germany's national football association, says it 鈥渆mphatically rejects鈥� being linked to racism鈥�.

Ozil has been heavily criticised in Germany in the wake of the defending champions' disastrous title defence in Russia. German football expert Raphael Honigstein says the Arsenal player has been singled out.

(Picture: Mesut Ozil won 92 caps for Germany before quitting in dramatic fashion, Credit: Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)