Of all the weekends to sign with Bayern Munich, Xabi Alonso and Mehdi Benatia had to go and pick the one when the players talc up and pack themselves into little leather dungarees in order to pose for the Bavarian club's traditional pre-Oktoberfest Paulaner photo shoot.
Rather annoyingly, the immaculately dressed Spanish star still manages to pull off the lederhosen look with aplomb!
Lederhosen stehen ihnen gut. Die zwei Neu-Bayern. #Benatia #Alonso #ssnhd pic.twitter.com/hKoZtEupDO
- Matthias Bielek (@Sky_MatthiasB) August 31, 2014
Meanwhile, on the other side of the studio ...
As sponsorship commitments go, Bayern's definitely look like the most fun!