Mesut Ozil has opened up about his departure from Arsenal , claiming he was cast out of the first-team setup after speaking out about the mistreatment of Uighur Muslims in China. The former midfielder brought the issue of human rights violations in north-west Xinjiang to light via a social media post at the close of 2019. At the time, Arsenal distanced themselves from his comments and released a statement on Chinese platform Weibo stressing that they did not involve themselves in politics. It