Germany striker Mario Gomez has announced he is followng Mesut Ozil in retiring from international footballl at the age of 33.
Gomez revealed in a post on his official Facebook account that he is calling time on his Germany career having appeared for his nation at the 2018 World Cup.
It means manager Joachim Low will be without two of the players he took to Russia after Arsenal midfielder Ozil confirmed he no longer wished to be considered in a statement that criticised German Football Federation (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel.
Gomez made 78 appearances for Germany, scoring 31 times, and was used as a substitute in each of his country s three games at the World Cup, where the defending champions surprisingly exited at the group stage.
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