Three years after his resignation from the German national soccer team, accompanied by accusations of racism, Mesut Özil has signaled his readiness to meet the former national coach Joachim Löw. In the new DFB journal published on Wednesday, Özil wrote as part of the appreciation for Löw, who was eliminated after the European Championship: »I know from Jogi that he has sympathy for Fenerbahce. So I hope that he will visit us at a home game in Istanbul in the coming season. He would definitely be invited! “
Löw had declared after the knockout round at the European Championship that he was expecting a discussion with Özil, who now plays for the Turkish top club Fenerbahçe Istanbul. “The time will come when we will talk to each other again and meet again. At some point the day will come, ”the 61-year-old said.
Özil now recalled that Löw had already brought him to the national team as a 20-year-old, for which he was very grateful. “We were extremely successful together for a decade and, with Spain, we were the most successful team at the major tournaments,” emphasized the 32-year-old 2014 world champion Winning was also a very great achievement by our coach; that’s the greatest thing you can achieve as a coach. “
The 92-time national player resigned after quarrels over a controversial photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the preliminary round at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Loew had said that he had not spoken to Özil personally in the three years that followed.
Now it seems that there might still be a debate.
