Reporters from Bild have chronicled how they were followed by two men while walking near the perimeter of the Adidas site in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, on Wednesday, one of which was holding a phone blaring out the title song to a children’s television series (sing-a-long) and a song by a 1980s pop duo.
As well as the theme tune to Benjamin Blümchen, the unidentified individuals also played Cheri Cheri Lady by Modern Talking, much to the reporters’ bemusement. (sing-a-long)
The deployment of such extreme measures, apparently in order to drown out any instructions Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann and his coaches may issue to his squad, coincided with the build-up to the country’s crunch Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain on Friday. more