MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich is fining France midfielder Corentin Tolisso for flouting coronavirus precautions to get a tattoo.
The Bundesliga large mentioned in an announcement that Tolisso had violated membership tips for avoiding the virus. He was given a “heavy high-quality” and unnoticed of the squad for Saturday’s recreation towards Hoffenheim, which Bayern received 4-1.
Tolisso discovered himself in bother with the membership as a result of circulation on social media of an image of him getting a tattoo with out sporting a masks. The tattoo artist was additionally not sporting a masks, and the studio ought to have been closed as a consequence of a present lockdown as Germany bids to cut back infections.
The membership didn’t say what the tattoo was.
Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić mentioned Tolisso’s high-quality could be one “that he’ll really feel.”
The participant later apologized on Twitter.
“I hereby need to apologize for my misconduct. I’m sorry to have disobeyed the laws of my membership and the DFL (German soccer league). I do know that I’ve disillusioned our Followers and FC Bayern Munich. I’m sorry!” Tolisso wrote.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge referred to the membership’s tips.
“We’re very grateful that the Bundesliga video games can at present happen regardless of the prevailing coronavirus state of affairs. The prerequisite for that is that gamers, coaches and supervisors adhere to the principles of the league’s hygiene idea in an exemplary method,” Rummenigge mentioned.
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