Mesut Özil never held anything back. 🇩🇪⚽
The 2014 world champion and former Real Madrid player is emerging as a strong candidate to become the next president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), and that possibility brings one of his most memorable quotes back into the spotlight: “I’m German when we win, but I’m an immigrant when we lose”, he said when he announced his retirement from the German national team.
Özil always defended his Turkish roots above all else, and even stated that he does not want any Turk born in Germany to wear the German jersey again. Now, with the possibility of taking the helm of Turkish football, that stance carries more weight than ever 🔥
