With the festivities just four weeks away, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich took part in their annual Oktoberfest team photoshoot in traditional Bavarian lederhosen.
The players and coaching staff donned their finest leather shorts, hoisted their flagons of ale aloft and posed for the cameras in one of European club football's most eye-catching rituals.
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While many of the Bayern squad are now well versed in Oktoberfest etiquette, there were a couple of new signings among the group who were wriggling into lederhosen for the first time.
The likes of Manuel Neuer , Joshua Kimmich and even comparative new