MrBlack Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: He was only given an official warning by Mainz, didnt sack him Bbc reported he'd been sacked but either those sources were lying to them or Mainz backtracked. Either way, sounds like he's going to be able to play for them. El Ghazi appears to be taking a fairly neutral stance with his last statement so I imagine he genuinely does just want peace, but not at the expense of the destruction of Gaza and the intent of his earlier message was an accident. I don't see him backtracking like he did if he's truly one sided against Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 30 minutes ago, Zatman said: He was only given an official warning by Mainz, didnt sack him No they did like a couple of days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, MotoMkali said: No they did like a couple of days ago It was lifted in the last hour or 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Just now, Zatman said: It was lifted in the last hour or 2 Ahh I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 He has now backtracked with a new statement and said he hasnt apologised to anybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adman Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: If only everyone stood for that, what a world we'd love in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 He's been done dirty by Mainz. I thought he'd be unable to find a new club now as he'd already been registered with two clubs this season but it seems the rule got changed in 2020/21 to allow for three. Hopefully someone picks Anwar up because he doesn't deserve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) Meanwhile a politician has made a formal criminal complaint about the bayern player who posted something... Bayern have released some sort of joint apology but the media witch hunt is going strong Some of the wording around el ghazi is crazy, the main frankfurt paper saying stuff like he's a young man and deserves the chance to rehabilitate himself and prove that he doesn't think Israel should exist (which he never said...) and they're convinced he's done mainz dirty by backtracking on their apology and that because his latest statement doesn't specifically mention Israel he's antisemitic, the paper wanted him to add to his insta statement "Israel has the right to exist" and is criticising him for not doing so There's a criminal compliant against el ghazi too but they don't know who it's by That's from the 3rd highest selling paper in the country Madness Edit - they're also interpreting (probably correctly) "any other statements" as him distancing himself from the mainz statement which is why they think he's done them dirty Edited November 2, 2023 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Mazraoui has already returned for Bayern and missed just one game which was against Mainz The big issue regarding Mainz is that it was a Jewish club before WW2 and one of its founders died in Auschwitz. These things mean a lot more in Germany than if he posted this while playing for Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 German club feeling skittish about any perception that they're lenient towards public statements from their player that could in any conceivable way be interpreted as anti Jewish. But the statements are uncontroversial. I respect Anwar even more for not backing down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 10 minutes ago, maqroll said: German club feeling skittish about any perception that they're lenient towards public statements from their player that could in any conceivable way be interpreted as anti Jewish. But the statements are uncontroversial. I respect Anwar even more for not backing down. He's twice now said he stands for innocent people not being attacked. He didn't mention Palestine, Gaza or Israel in either of the two times he said that. Yes, his first statement was very much pro Palestine (which shouldn't be a crime anyway), but everything since has been neutral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 3 hours ago, MrBlack said: He's twice now said he stands for innocent people not being attacked. He didn't mention Palestine, Gaza or Israel in either of the two times he said that. Yes, his first statement was very much pro Palestine (which shouldn't be a crime anyway), but everything since has been neutral. I think the only problematic part was him ending it with the "from the river to the sea", and I do understand that even that will kick off arguments from both sides about what it means, but there's enough controversy around it that it's an unwise phrase to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 11 hours ago, Adman said: If only everyone stood for that, what a world we'd love in What was the actual post that got him into hot water? I can't seem to find a copy ... screen shot anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Hope he can pursue a claim of unfair dismissal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Hope he can pursue a claim of unfair dismissal He hasnt been sacked or released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, Zatman said: He hasnt been sacked or released Thanks for the clarification. Either way, the censorship of players instead of dialogue is a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 the deputy minister in Germany yesterday stated that celebrating or congratulating Hamas or wishing them success is a crime in Germany and would result in the removal of residency permits for non German nationals this isn't going anywhere, if anything id guess that an example is about to be made of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 21 hours ago, fruitvilla said: What was the actual post that got him into hot water? I can't seem to find a copy ... screen shot anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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