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Published 10:40 16 Aug 2018 BST
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The meeting was quickly condemned by figures in Germany, and Ozil believes it was used as a means to criticise him for perceived poor performances during the tournament in Russia, which saw the holders eliminated in the group stage.
"I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose," Ozil said in his three-page retirement statement.
Kroos however has taken a different view. The 28-year-old did admit that there were genuine issues which Ozil addressed, but that they were overshadowed by "nonsense". In an interview with German newspaper Bild, Kroos said:
"Mesut is a deserved international and as a player he deserved a better departure. But the way he resigned was not in order. "The parts in his statement that are rightly addressed are unfortunately overshadowed by the significantly higher amount of nonsense. I think he knows very well that racism within the national team and the DFB does not exist."Kroos is the third of Ozil's compatriots to dismiss the claims, after fellow Bavarian wunderboys Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller also questioned the legitimacy of his concerns.
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