Bayern's Robben says bitten by crocodile


  • Football
  • Saturday, 17 Jan 2015

Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben (C) and team mates arrive at a hotel in Riyadh January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal AlNasser

LONDON (Reuters) - Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben offered a bizarre explanation for a mystery hand injury sustained at the team's training base in Qatar on Saturday, saying he had been bitten by a crocodile.

The website of German newspaper Bild published a photograph of the Dutchman apparently with the fingers of his left hand bound up with tape.

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