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Germany’s luxury Euro 2024 training base hit by ‘aggressive plague of mosquitoes’ forcing stars to flee indoors

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GERMANY’S Euro 2024 stars have come in for a stinging attack… after their training camp was invaded by MOSQUITOES.

Julian Nagelsmann’s players have given their country a buzz by reaching the Round of 16.

Germany players have been stung by an attack of mosquitoes at their Euro 2024 training campCredit: Getty
Germany’s Adidas Campus in Herzogenaurach is an £850m complexCredit: Alamy
But training has been impacted by the ‘abnormal’ swarm of mozziesCredit: Alamy
Their sudden rise has been caused by unseasonal heat and floodsCredit: Getty

But Die Mannschaft have found things far less comfortable at their Bavarian base, with a plague of mozzies tormenting the squad.

And veteran keeper Manuel Neuer has had to swap goal nets for mosquito nets to keep the pests at bay.

Bayern Munich star Neuer, 38, said: “We need to make sure that the mosquito nets are always pulled shut when we are watching games on TV by the swimming pool.”

Boss Nagelsmann said: “We have an abnormal plague of mosquitos.  We need to take care that some wind is blowing, in order that there aren’t too many mosquitos around.

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“If that isn’t the case, we have to go inside into the office.”

Striker Maximilian Beier, 21, added: “I have already been stung two or three times.

“But if the mosquitoes are the biggest problem that we have, that is OK.”

A combination of floods in southern Germany and unseasonal heat has sparked the rise of the insects.

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Germany’s camp is located in Bavaria

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The facility comes with climbing walls, football pitches and tennis and basketball courtsCredit: AFP
Germany stars often watch games out by the swimming poolsCredit: google maps
But Manuel Neuer revealed the players have to take precautionsCredit: Getty

Expert Martin Geier said: “They are very aggressive, they appear in large numbers, and they sting during the daytime as well as at night.”

This is not the first time the German side has been targeted by insects during the Euros, with bees invading the Stuttgart Arena on the eve of their clash with Hungary last week.

Moment vast swarm of BEES invades Euro 2024 stadium just hours before Germany vs Hungary clash

Firefighters wearing specialist protective gear had to remove the creatures after they built a nest in a pitchside advertising board.

There is also a state of the art gym insideCredit: google maps
It houses 5,600 employeesCredit: google maps
Arsenal used the facility last summerCredit: google maps
Germany were under siege from bees at the Stuttgart ArenaCredit: Newsflash

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