 "Marco Reus is thrown into the air after his final Bundesliga game for Borussia Dortmund. AP")
Marco Reus bought beers for around 25,000 Borussia Dortmund fans in the club’s famous “Yellow Wall” during his farewell match on Saturday in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund-born Reus, who will depart the club at the end of the season, played in front of the Westfalenstadion fans for the final time, scoring a goal and creating another in a 4-0 win over Darmstadt.
In a handwritten note to vendors in the club’s famous south stand, the 34-year-old said he would cover the cost of the beers for fans.
“Thank you for everything. The goodbye beers are on me. Your Marco,” he wrote.
Reus told Sky Sports, “I thanked the fans for standing by my side all this time.”
“The idea was in place for a long time,” Reus said, explaining the club’s marketing team “implemented it brilliantly.”
A beer at Borussia Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion costs around five euros and the “Yellow Wall” has around 25,000 fans. The cost would be approximately 125,000 euros provided the fans only had one each – a rarity at German football games.
Reus came through Dortmund’s junior system and won two German Cups with the club, but did not lift the Bundesliga title despite coming close - including last season where they missed out on the final day.
Reus, who played in the 2013 Champions League final loss to Bayern Munich, has a chance to bow out with the most coveted trophy in European football when Dortmund face Real Madrid at Wembley – in what will be his final match.