Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure said Mesut Ozil was wrong to have made comments about the plight of Uighur Muslims in China.
Last week, the former Germany international called out the Chinese government on social media over the alleged religious and ethnic persecution of minority groups in the Asian country.
His comments have drawn a reaction from the Chinese FA and government, and Arsenal’s Premier League game against Manchester City was removed from the country’s television broadcast on Sunday.
Toure is a Muslim like Ozil, but he feels the 2014 Fifa World Cup winner went too far by meddling with political issues.