{"id":24932,"date":"2011-12-31T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/matthias-sammer-hits-out-at-englands-fabio-capello-after-recruitment-criticisms\/"},"modified":"2011-12-31T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T15:30:00","slug":"matthias-sammer-hits-out-at-englands-fabio-capello-after-recruitment-criticisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/matthias-sammer-hits-out-at-englands-fabio-capello-after-recruitment-criticisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthias Sammer hits out at England&#8217;s Fabio Capello after recruitment criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/germany\/18\/germany\">Germany<\/a> technical director Matthias Sammer has blasted Fabio Capello&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/9\/england\/2011\/12\/30\/2823235\/england-manager-fabio-capello-calls-for-end-to-stealing-of-young-\">criticisms of dual-national players appearing for the country<\/a>, saying that the policy was just a reflection of the multicultural nature of German society.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"22\"><br \/>The England manager launched a strong criticism of Germany&#8217;s recruitment strategy, singling out the use of dual-nationals Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira as a particularly objectionable move.<\/p>\n<p>Sammer reacted angrily to Capello&#8217;s statements, insisting that there was nothing unethical about their selection policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recruit from anywhere,&#8221; he told <em>Bild<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot understand the statements, the sport only responds to developments in society. When we open our doors to players with a migrant background, we welcome everyone. That is the role of sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Capello had been speaking at an international football conference in Dubai and was adamant that the Germans should not be able to give players from other countries clearance to play in the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These players get new passports. Germany have five players with Turkish roots who chose to play for Germany. And we all know what happened,&#8221; the Italian manager fired, before urging Uefa head Michel Platini to take action.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Germany technical director Matthias Sammer has blasted Fabio Capello&#8217;s criticisms of dual-national players appearing for the country , saying that the policy was just a reflection of the multicultural nature of German society. 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Sammer reacted angrily to Capello&#8217;s statements, insisting that there was nothing unethical about their selection policy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthias Sammer hits out at England&#039;s Fabio Capello after recruitment criticisms - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/matthias-sammer-hits-out-at-englands-fabio-capello-after-recruitment-criticisms\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Matthias Sammer hits out at England&#039;s Fabio Capello after recruitment criticisms - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Germany technical director Matthias Sammer has blasted Fabio Capello&#039;s criticisms of dual-national players appearing for the country , saying that the policy was just a reflection of the multicultural nature of German society. 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