EM-Out for Panini! Ironically, no more collecting pictures for the home tournament – soccer

Panini! The word of longing for many football fans for almost 50 years. From Franz Beckenbauer to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi – all the stars of the big tournaments were in bags. The collecting pictures were collected, swapped and pasted in schoolyards and football fields.​

But at the EM 2024 in Germany of all places there are no more paninis!​

For the first time in more than 40 years, the cult manufacturer from Italy is NOT publishing a scrapbook for the tournament.​

BILD learned: Instead, the sticker giant “Topps” from the USA has secured the rights.​

The end of the bag legend!​

Photo: Panini

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The Bulgarian Trifon Ivanov († 50) became the “Panini poster boy” with this portrait for the 1994 World CupPhoto: Panini

Panini’s first World Cup album was released in Italy in 1970 and in Germany for the first time in 1978.​

Climax: the 2006 World Cup with 800 million pictures sold.​

Since 1979, all Bundesliga professionals and coaches have also been sold as stickers and photos. The hairstyles and jerseys reflect the cultural history of the Bundesliga.​

But the Panini era in the league came to an end in 2008. Here, too, the Americans bought the rights from “Topps”.​

Photo: Panini

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Servette Geneva 87/88: Ex-BVB coach Lucien Favre. He now describes the hairstyle as a “disgrace”Photo: Panini