By Chris Wright
Like many a new coach before him, newly-appointed Stuttgart boss Alexander Zorniger has attempted to stamp his authority by clamping down on a few of the looser aspects of his players’ conduct and discipline.
As such, Zorniger has forbid forbidded forbade forbaden banned his players from wearing their headphones in public – though he has done so for the oddest of reasons.
“The players are allowed to wear headphones on the team bus, but not in public,” the Stuttgart coach told SportBILD.
“There’s a visual reason for this – a 5’5″ small player looks ridiculous when the headphones are as large as the whole head”.
You know what, the man might just have a point…