Hector Bellerin has commended Arsenal team-mate Mesut Ozil for speaking out about the issues that prompted his international retirement.
Ozil retired from the German National team on Sunday, confirming his decision in a series of social media posts that criticised the media and German FA president Reinhard Grindel.
His comments received support from Spanish full-back Bellerin, who posted a message of solidarity on Twitter.
“Surreal that someone who has done so much for his country on and off the pitch has been treated with such disrespect,” Bellerin wrote.
“Well done Mesut Ozil for standing up to this behaviour!”
Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng, who debuted for Germany in the same year as Ozil, shared a photo of the two together, adding: “It was a pleasure Abi”, with ‘Abi’ the Turkish word for brother.
