Arsenal’s Jens Lehmann sues Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese for ‘breach of personal rights’ following Muppet Show dig

Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images)

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Jens Lehmann, who has recently returned to Arsenal on a short-term deal, is suing Werder Bremen shot-stopper Tim Wiese for damages in a legal dispute which is set to go to court on Thursday.

Lehmann is claiming damages of more than £17,000 from Wiese for disparaging remarkes made by the ‘keeper that amounted to a “serious breach of his personal rights”, according to a Munich district court today.

The 29-year-old German international is filing for the suit to be dismissed.

The dispute comes following comments made when Lehmann, working as a pundit on German television, suggested that Wiese needed to have “been braver” during a Champions League match against Tottenham on September 14.

In response Wiese told Bild that “Lehmann should join the Muppet show” while adding “the man belongs on the couch. Perhaps that will help him. Commit him – preferably to a closed institution.”