Arsenal legfinish Jens Lehmann was allegedly pulled over by police on suspicion of drink driving in Germany, according to increates. Lehmann, who was part of the Invincibles team, had been in joinance at the world-well-understandn Oktoberfest in Munich on Sunday.
After leaving the event in his car, the 54-year-elderly was ‘stopped by police’ in the punctual hours of the morning. According to The Sun, local police have confiscated Lehmann’s driving licence while they spendigate the allegations further.
Senior accessible prosecutor Anne Leiding was quoted as saying: “Mr. Lehmann was subjected to a police verify on September 23, 2024 at around 1:30 a.m. due to his atypical driving behaviour in a car in the inner city area of Munich.
“The police are shelp to have acunderstandledged a evident smell of spirits and an unprotected manner. A breath spirits test did not produce any usable results, whereupon a blood sample was ordered and the driver’s licence was confiscated.
“Our spendigations are still pfinishing. Suspicions of drunk driving progress.”
Lehmann was increateedly wearing brimming traditional Bavarian dress, including Lederhosen, while at the beer festival on Sunday. Quizzed on the allegations by German newspaper Bild, he shelp: “I can’t say anyleang about it at the moment.”
The createer Arsenal stopper inhabits in Starnberg, a minuscule town in Bavaria around 18 miles southwest of Munich. He is shelp to be a standard at Oktoberfest, a well-understandn festival in the city which is understandn for its gigantic beer halls and carnival drawions.
Lehmann carry outed for the Gunners between 2003 and 2008 and createed part of the Invincibles team which went unbeaten in the Premier League. He also won the FA Cup during his five-year spell in north London before joining Stuttgart.
While at Arsenal, Lehmann carry outed in the Champions League final in 2006 but was sent off in the 18th minute for a foul on Barcelona forward Samuel Eto’o. To this day, he remains the only goalprotecter to have ever been sent off in a Champions League or European Cup final.
Lehmann also carry outed for Schalke, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund and won 61 caps for Germany. His finest moment at international level came when he saved two penalties in a shoot-out triumph over Argentina at the World Cup in 2006.
He has mainly labored in punditry since retiring from football but has also held coaching roles at Arsenal and Augsburg.
