Three Bayern Munich football stars, Robert Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer and Serge Gnabry, have been named in a death threat letter that called for the ‘dirty Bavarian pigs’ to be shot.
According to German newspaper Bild report the letter arrived at Hamburg-based St Pauli on January 12 and was headed: ‘Save the league, save football. Fire and death to the dirty Bavarian pigs’ and was delivered to the officers of second division team St Pauli by an anonymous sender.
While Police in Hamburg are examining the note for fingerprints and DNA traces with Bayern and the German football authorities put on alert.
A police spokesman told Bild: ‘We are investigating on suspicion of threatening and disturbing the public peace by threatening to commit crimes. We will check the backgrounds.’
The German State Criminal Police Office (LKA) have contacted colleagues around the country to see if any other letters have been sent and also informed the Football Association.