Bielefeld

On 24 May, he scored in the German Cup final as Stuttgart beat Arminia Bielefeld to win his first trophy.

Their opponents in Saturday's final were third-tier Arminia Bielefeld.

Alonso's side were knocked out of this season's Champions league in the last 16 by Bayer Munich, while they suffered a shock loss to third-tier Arminia Bielefeld in the German Cup semi-finals.

A study by Bielefeld University found that a third of Germans believed their family members helped save Jews during the Holocaust.

Alexander Bielefeld, director of policy at Fifpro, said the different parties "had submitted a legal complaint to the European Commission" and called it "unprecedented".