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    MEANWHILE IN…

    Aug 25, 2021 4 minutes

    1“NOT TOTALLY SURE ABOUT THIS NEW SIGNING, LADS”

    Hallescher FC welcomed a new arrival for their squad photo – but he seemed a bit under the weather.

    Looking rather green, with bulging eyes and a tired expression on his face, the 8ft new boy didn’t exactly look ready for action. But no, the German third-tier side hadn’t brought Peter Crouch out of retirement – this was Galaktikus, alien mascot for the kids’ section of regional newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.

    Hallescher are based in the city of Halle, in former East Germany. They qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1971, back when the club were known as Chemie Halle, in honour of the local

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