Bayern Munich: Why did players wear cockatoo T-shirts in Bundesliga title celebrations?

Bayern Munich’s gamers celebrated their newest Bundesliga title win on Sunday with T-shirts displaying cockatoos carrying membership shirts.

Their 4-2 win over Stuttgart on Sunday sealed a thirty fifth German top-flight title and a second in as many seasons for head coach Vincent Kompany.

Whereas Bayern secured their very own title this season, final season’s maiden crown below Kompany got here attributable to outcomes elsewhere.

When Bayer Leverkusen’s draw with Freiburg final season was sufficient at hand Bayern the title, Kompany and his gamers had been following the end result on a tv in a Munich restaurant.

In that restaurant, the gamers took a shine to a cockatoo statue which was later taken by certainly one of Bayern’s gamers. Per week later, the statue was entrance and centre of Bayern’s title celebrations.

“I am not saying who it was,” Kompany mentioned throughout final season’s title win. “The story will come out a while.”

The notorious cockatoo statue additionally featured on the pitch throughout Sunday’s title celebrations, being pictured with gamers together with Bayern midfielder Leon Goretzka.

This text is the newest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Something crew.