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Timing: Manchester City suspended defender Benjamin Mendy, but only after he was charged with sexual assault and rape, and the question remains how much the club knew about allegations against the player. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy and football’s inconvenient truths

A French defender’s rape allegations raise difficult ethical questions about whether and when clubs should suspend players

The Invincibles (no more): Arsenal’s Thierry Henry (right) celebrates  the Gunners win. But the tide has turned. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP

Ramaphosa’s in Arteta’s shoes

The president and the Gunners coach inherited own-goal, deadwood ‘players’ and need a few seasons to offload them

Cyril Ramaphosa can feel for Unai Emery (right), who was limited by a costly Mesut Özil. (Joe Giddens/PA Images/Getty Images)

Cyril, Emery have tricky kickoffs

South Africa’s manager, like Arsenal’s, starts his season of political football poor and with a team of own-goalers

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has called for Mesut Özil (above) to be reliably available for training. (David Price/Getty Images)

Özil can prove himself if he gets out of his ‘comfort zone’

​Arsenal manager Unai Emery has challenged troubled star Mesut Özil to prove his worth after a season marred by injuries and illness

Mesut Özil and Alexis Sanchez during their Arsenal days (David Price/Getty Images)

Sanchez, Özil cast to sideshow as buoyant Man Utd visit Arsenal

A year on from moving to Manchester United, Alexis Sanchez has become little more than an afterthought in the Red Devils’ revival

Arsenal manager Unai Emery (John Sibley/Reuters)

Aubameyang winner extends Arsenal’s unbeaten run

Emery’s side took the lead through Jefferson Lerma’s bizarre own goal before Josh King equalised on the stroke of half-time at Dean Court on Sunday

Germany Football Association President Reinhard Grindel (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

German football boss rejects Özil racism charge, but admits mistake

Reinhard Grindel has admitted he should have done more to protect the midfielder against discriminatory abuse

Germany fans display a banner referencing Germany’s Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gundogan and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. (Reuters/Carl Recine)

Five key dates in the Mesut Özil saga

Here are the key moments that culminated in Mesut Özil’s bombshell announcement he was retiring from international football

(Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

Özil’s anger justified, now German football must look inward

Mesut Özil’s photo op with Recep Tayyip Erdogan was ill-advised. But the reaction to it is a sad tale of poor management

“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose.” — Mesut Özil (DW)

Özil quits Germany, citing racism and disrespect’

The Arsenal midfielder was widely criticised and reportedly received threats after he was photographed with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Coutinho could eventually leave Anfield

Ka-ching! It’s raining cash in the EPL

Records were smashed in the transfer window

Mesut Ö: Finding a real home at Arsenal. (Pedro Armestre/AFP)

Özil’s ‘escape’ from Madrid is a real leap of faith

Mesut Özil’s £42.5-million move to Arsenal reverberated through his home country – all the way down to the nether regions of Regionalliga West.

Germany star Ozil quits Bremen for Real

Germany star Mesut Ozil has quit Werder Bremen to sign a contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Bring on England

Bring on England, says German boss Loew

Germany coach Joachim Loëw is relishing the prospect of facing old enemies England on Sunday with a Soccer World Cup quarterfinal place at stake.