A man has been charged with attempted murder after a Manchester City supporter was attacked at a Champions League game in February.
Two other men have been also charged with serious assault.
City fan Paul Worth, from Urmston , was left in intensive care after suffering a 'severe traumatic brain injury' in the attack at Schalke's stadium in Gelsenkirchen on February 20.
He required an emergency operation and was placed in an artificial coma.
He had to have staples in the back of his head, had his jaw wired and lost a tooth.
The alleged attackers were arrested some days later, and the main suspect has been in custody since.
News agency dpa said Essen district court confirmed receipt of the indictments, which were already presented to the defendants of the accused.
Based on witness accounts and video footage, state prosecutors accuse the suspect of having planned the attack.
After being woken from his coma, Paul returned to the UK from Germany a month after the incident and spent just under a week in Salford Royal Hospital, a specialist centre for brain injuries.
Paul he was having to undergo intensive physio and therapy to regain basic functions, such as walking, and faced a long road to making a full recovery.
