![Per Mertesacker Retires from International Football: Latest Details and Reaction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Per Mertesacker Retires from International Football: Latest Details and Reaction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/020/146/hi-res-2a2e6beb78956f54b69cb104d6d3e73c_crop_north.jpg?1408122917&w=3072&h=2048)
Per Mertesacker Retires from International Football: Latest Details and Reaction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Germany Watch: Toni Kroos touts Per Mertesacker to take over for Oliver Bierhoff with Germany - Bavarian Football Works Germany Watch: Toni Kroos touts Per Mertesacker to take over for Oliver Bierhoff with Germany - Bavarian Football Works](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZPlWheYtMp0dIZiXHmXLFGrbFns=/1400x1400/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24288885/450996576.jpg)
Germany Watch: Toni Kroos touts Per Mertesacker to take over for Oliver Bierhoff with Germany - Bavarian Football Works
![Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The US Sun Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The US Sun](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/12/arsenal-academy-interim-assistant-manager-758463474.jpg?w=620)
Arsenal face fight to keep academy guru Per Mertesacker as Germany want him as sporting director after World Cup exit | The US 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)
File:Per Mertesacker Arsenal vs Sunderland, 18 August 2012, Pre match 7 (cropped).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![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/2BAR8NF/arsenals-per-mertesacker-right-and-andrey-arshavin-walk-off-the-pitch-dejected-after-the-final-whistle-2BAR8NF.jpg)
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) shouts at team-mate Mesut Ozil after the final whistle Stock Photo - Alamy Arsenal's Per Mertesacker (right) shouts at team-mate Mesut Ozil after the final whistle Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BB0K5C/arsenals-per-mertesacker-right-shouts-at-team-mate-mesut-ozil-after-the-final-whistle-2BB0K5C.jpg)