(AFP) German football club Mainz on Tuesday said they had suspended player Anwar El Ghazi after the winger made an “unacceptable” comment on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on social media.
“El Ghazi took a position on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that was deemed unacceptable,” the Bundesliga club said in a statement.
Dutch international El Ghazi made the comments in a “since-deleted” post on social media on Sunday night, Mainz said.
“Prior to making this decision, the club and the player had engaged in an in-depth discussion.”
Mainz said they respected that there were “varying perspectives on the decades-long, complex conflict.”
