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Former Arsenal Player Jens Lehmann Fired by Hertha Berlin After Racist Text Message

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was fired from his role on the Hertha Berlin supervisory board after former Germany international Dennis Aogo posted a racist message he'd received from Lehmann on social media.

ESPN's Stephan Uersfeld reported Lehmann sent Aogo a WhatsApp message that read "Is Dennis actually your Quotenschwarzer?" which is German for "token Black person."

Lehmann apologized in a statement posted to Twitter in which he credited Aogo as a "former international who has a lot of expertise, a great aura and helps Sky to strong ratings." The former Hamburg left back now works as a commentator for Sky Germany.