VfL Wolfsburg's Kevin de Bruyne wants to apologize to the ball boy he insulted with a foul-mouth tirade during a German league match by offering him a signed shirt.

German daily Bild claim the 23-year-old Belgium international snapped "Give me the ball, you mother****er!" at a ball boy late in Wolfsburg's 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday before scoring the equalizing goal.

His rant was audible on television and when a Bild reporter confronted him on Thursday, the midfielder said he will give the youngster, who plays for Frankfurt's under-16 team, a signed playing shirt.