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Germany World Cup winner Christoph Kramer has confirmed he was the victim of a blackmail attempt.

The 25-year-old, who plays for Borussia Monchengladbach, hit out at reports in Germany regarding an incident in 2015 when he was at Bayer Leverkusen.

Kramer did not pay any money to the alleged blackmailers and instead reported the incident to the police, who quickly saw to the case.

A man and a woman are to stand trial for attempting to blackmail the midfielder.

Kramer confirmed the incident, stating: "Over a year ago, I became victim of blackmail."

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German newspaper Rheinische Post reported the news on Wednesday with the midfielder taking to Instagram to have his say.

Kramer added: "In my private environment, all is well, but what is private must stay private... pity there must be such a thing nowadays. And now we want to continue playing football."

He agreed a five-year deal with Gladbach in the summer and has made 15 appearances, playing the full 90 minutes in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Celtic.