IRNA - German-Iranian footballer Ashkan
Dejagah has withdrawn for political reasons from Friday's football match of
Germany's Under-21 national squad in Israel, local news reports said here
Saturday.
"It is known that I am a German-Iranian. I don't want to say anything more,"
said Dejagah after Germany's Under-21 head coach Dieter Eilts surprisingly
left him out of the roster.
"It was well known beforehand that I won't fly (to Israel). The coach
understood my reasons," the VfL Wolfsburg midfielder added.
Dejagah is normally a starting player in the line-up of Germany's Under-21
national football team.
The Iranian-born Bundesliga player is regarded as one of Germany's great
football hopes by experts.
According to former German national team assistant coach Michael Skibbe,
Dejagah has "excellent prospects" to join the A-team in the near future.
Dejagah has yet to make a decision on whether he wants to play for the
national football team of his native country Iran or Germany, his father
Mohammad Dejagah told IRNA in a recent exclusive interview in Berlin.
