Baumgart told the latest edition of 11Freunde magazine that players should not be made role models outside their sport.

“We should not turn pros into something that they aren’t,” he said.

“Footballers are not trend-setters and neither are they fashion icons but rather still people who are in the public eye because they enjoy kicking a ball in a decent way,” Baumgart said.

While admitting that some players in the past were also a little crazy, the Bundesliga helmsman opposes the current social media hype.

“All the trappings with the hair, the colorful shoes, the actions in the social networks, rapping footballers, makes some forget that the collective still stands above everything,” Baumgart said.

“Without the other 10 even the best footballer in the world is just average,” he added.