Bastian Schweinsteiger is furious.
The reason is that a Nazi-puppet based on his appearance by a Chinese toy company.
The German is now taking legal measures.
The German champion Bastian Schweinsteiger has already grown to become the idol of Manchester after he made the move from Bayern Munich to United last summer. Now he has also become toys in China, but for all the wrong reasons.
The German newspaper Bild Zeitung today reports about how a toy company transformed “Schweini” to a Nazi-puppet.
The doll is strikingly similar to the German landslagsmannen and as if that were not enough to make the connection dock has even a name:
Bastian.
“All Germans look alike”
According to German TZ Online sold 30 centimeters high doll for 108 euros, equivalent to just over 1 000, and has several different uniforms and accessories.
The toy company denies, however, that the doll was based on the football star .
– This is not based on a footballer. The doll is based on the typical German appearance. We think that all Germans looks like that. And Bastian is a common name in Germany, said a spokesperson for the company.
But that explanation does not help Schweinsteigers anger. German’s representatives confirmed the TZ line that it will take legal action against the company and that it has already initiated discussions with
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