Manuel Neuer says ‘FIFA will never silence us’ after Germany’s World Cup photo protest

Manuel Neuer has insisted “FIFA will never silence us” after Germany players covered their mouths during the team photograph before their World Cup opener against Japan.

Neuer and the six other members of the national team’s players council came up with the idea of the squad’s team photo protest in a meeting on Tuesday night.

“We talked about it and all agreed that we really wanted to do something,” the 36-year-old said. 

A decision was . . .