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Per Mertesacker Retires from International Football: Latest Details and Reaction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The Sun Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/arsenal-academy-interim-assistant-manager-758463474.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1920&h=1440&crop=1)
Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The Sun
![File:Per Mertesacker Arsenal vs Sunderland, 18 August 2012, Pre match 7 (cropped).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Per Mertesacker Arsenal vs Sunderland, 18 August 2012, Pre match 7 (cropped).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Per_Mertesacker_Arsenal_vs_Sunderland%2C_18_August_2012%2C_Pre_match_7_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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![Arsenal's Per Mertesacker (right) and Andrey Arshavin walk off the pitch dejected after the final whistle Stock Photo - Alamy Arsenal's Per Mertesacker (right) and Andrey Arshavin walk off the pitch dejected after the final whistle Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G5HCJ6/arsenals-per-mertesacker-right-and-andrey-arshavin-walk-off-the-pitch-G5HCJ6.jpg)