Grievous bodily harm: German police investigate bad tackle on Marco Reus [Bild]

A rathe bizarre story has emerged in Germany on Wednesday with Bild claiming that Dresden police have been investigating a poor tackle on Borussia Dortmund star Marco Reus.

Borussia Dortmund beat Dynamo Dresden, of the third division, 2-0 in the DFB Pokal on March 3, 2015.

Marco Reus lasted just 24 minutes of the match following a strong off-the-ball challenge from Dynamo Dresden’s Dennis Erdmann.

Dresden police have been investigating Erdmann for “grievous bodily harm”.

However, the Dresden prosecutor has confirmed to Bild that the case is now closed since Reus refused to press charges.

According to the police report, cited in Bild, the challenge was “not a foul in the sporting sense, but an attack in order to eliminate the opponent from competition.”

Reus was urged to back the case but will not comply and his agent Dirk Hebel confirmed to Bild that “he did not want the player [Erdmann] to be prosecuted.”

The fact that Reus refused to press charges has been hailed in Germany as Erdmann took to social media after the game and ridiculed the Borussia Dortmund star for going off injured.

Erdmann claimed at the time that “in the third division we would continue to play.” Reus recovered and was in the Borussia Dortmund starting XI four days later.

Video of the Erdmann challenge on Reus is below.