Franz Beckenbauer has become the latest to weigh in on the disaster that was Germany’s tournament in Russia. He suggested that national team coach Joachim Löw needed to part ways with some of his veteran players.In comments published in this Thursday’s edition of the Bild newspaper, Franz Beckenbauer (pictured above, left) gave Germany coach Joachim …
German prosecutors are reported to have found that Franz Beckenbauer made a false statement regarding the scandal related to the 2006 World Cup. There was no immediate comment from the footballing legend.According to a report to be published in Saturday’s edition of Spiegel news magazine, prosecutors in Frankfurt, where the German football association (DFB) has …
According to German media reports, Franz Beckenbauer received 5.5 million euros ($6.2 million) as organizing committee chief for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The football legend had said he worked voluntarily.
