Khedira stunned by photo drama

The Real Madrid star, whose father is Tunisian, posed for the erotic pictures in GQ magazine, but the journalists from Tunisian newspaper Attounissia were arrested for allegedly offending public morality.

"I heard about the matter on Thursday evening and find it very, very sad and unfortunate that such a thing happened," the 24-year-old Khedira told German newspaper Bild.

"I respect the different religions that exist and also the faith that people have, but I cannot understand that people cannot express themselves freely."

The GQ pictures show the couple in various states of undress while one shot shows only Khedira's arm covering the breasts of his girlfriend.