German FA president Reinhard Grindel says he is confident that the recent controversy stemming from Mesut Ozil's racism allegations will not impact Germany's Euro 2024 bid.
Ozil quit the national team in the wake of this summer's World Cup disaster that saw Germany fall in the group stage. The Arsenal star cited "racism and disrespect" as the reason behind his international retirement while adding that he felt he had been made a scapegoat for Germany's failures.
Prior to the World Cup, Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, both German internationals of Turkish descent, came under fire for taking a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.