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THE GERMANS STILL have a soft-spot for Giovanni Trapattoni.
The man that staged the greatest post-match rant while coaching Bayern Munich in the 1990s was back in the south of Germany recently with more baggage on his mind – shopping.
The Irish coach was in Munich at the opening of the second phase of a shopping centre, Pasing Arcaden.
He even hung out with a giant Playmobil pirate, who handed him a toy digger. You could not make this stuff up:
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This weekend, however, it was back to footballing issues as he checked out Irish players such as Seamus Coleman and Wes Hoolahan in the Everton v Norwich City match at Carrow Road.