Berlin: Ex-Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese says he has completed his first couple of training sessions to prepare for a career in the wrestling ring having packed on 40kgs (88lbs) of muscle.


Tim Wiese. Pic/AFP 

The 33-year-old, who was part of Germany's 2010 World Cup squad and retired last September after 269 Bundesliga appearances, has packed on muscle with daily gym sessions. He says he has been offered a WWE contract having made a guest appearance ringside at a show last year in Frankfurt. "That is a really interesting thing for me, I used to follow the sport as a kid," he told SID, an AFP subsidiary, at a fitness studio in Berlin.