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Gareth Southgate police doppelgnger goes viral as England fans spot colleague's reaction

An officer in Germany has been spotted on camera looking incredibly like England manager Gareth Southgate, and fans have been sent into a frenzy at the uncanny resemblance

[His colleague in the background also had people in stitches ]

His colleague in the background also had people in stitches (Image: X)

Football fans were left howling after spotting a Gareth Southgate doppelgnger who turned out to be a German police officer - and his colleague wasn't overly supportive.

The clip went viral on X (formerly Twitter) before England's crunch Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands yesterday (Wednesday, July 10) at Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. But amid the hilarity, fans also noticed another officer laughing along with the Three Lions fans and even filming his mate taking the brunt of the joke.

Surrounded by a sea of England supporters, the cop who's a dead ringer for Southgate was serenaded with a cheeky version of Atomic Kitten's "Whole Again", specially tweaked to big up Gareth.

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Even one of his mates in uniform seemed to be capturing the moment on camera. One person commented: "His colleagues will be calling him Gareth until he retires. He'll never hear the end of it," before attaching an image of the officer filming the scenes.

[Gareth Southgate appears to have a second job as a German copper (file) ]

Gareth Southgate appears to have a second job as a German copper (file) (Image: Getty Images)

The original poster had a laugh: "No wonder England won't win anything when Southgate double shifting as a German copper," reports the Express.

One user cracked up: "Lol this has to be AI generated the similarities are too strong."

Another chimed in: "Way too true, and the eyebrow flinch at the end of the video too, similar to Southgate".

Someone else chipped in: "He's loving the attention," and another added: "And fair play. His colleague recording it with a big smile on his face. If that was England the cops would have put a stop to it and arrested anyone who carried on singing."

[England fans were losing their minds ]

England fans were losing their minds (Image: X)

To top it off, someone else said: "His boss definitely knows and gave him that patch on purpose."

After the heartbreak of losing the Euros final to Italy in 2021, England's players are on the hunt for their first major men's silverware since the World Cup glory of 1966.

England triumphed over Switzerland in a penalty shootout to secure their place in the semi-finals with a 5-3 victory. On the same day, the Netherlands edged past Turkey with a 2-1 win.

[The officer took the gag well ]

The officer took the gag well (Image: X)

England are now set for a head-to-head with Spain, who ousted France 2-1 in their semi-final.

Earlier this week, England and Dutch supporters were hastily evacuated from the Dortmund fan zone due to an imminent severe storm warning. The fans had congregated to watch the first semi-final when a message abruptly appeared on the screen at 9pm local time, urging them to vacate the area swiftly.

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