October 19, 2015
Good friends, old companions: OC President Franz Beckenbauer (left) and his confidant , public workers Wolfgang Niersbach, ahead of the World Cup 2006. Photo: AP
DFB president Niersbach defends itself against “mirror” -Recherchen, the 2006 World Cup had been bought, but doubts remain far yet.
Good for those who can call its own TV channel his own. The President of the German Football Association has expressed over the weekend via DFB.de for big cover story on Saturday published news magazine “Der Spiegel”. Wolfgang Niersbach pointed back there the interpretation of the research. He could “assure you that there has not been, slush funds’ at the DFB, the Bid Committee nor the later organizing committee in connection with the promotion and award the 2006 World Cup definitely,” said the 64-year-old. Fedor Radmann, the World Championships organizing committee as Schattenmann of OC President Franz Beckenbauer an important power broker in Sky Sport News HD said: “The Bid Committee has never bribed anyone. I am ready to swear to it even. “
“Ups – Mama Mia!”
The football family and the “very good friend” Wolfgang
width backing, but also cautious remarks towards DFB and its President Wolfgang Niersbach, there was from the German football family that make the summer fairy tale despite the serious allegations not broken wants to. “I have great confidence in the people involved in the DFB that will turn out that there is nothing to it, which is now claiming,” said Wolfsburg manager Klaus Allofs. His colleague Max Eberl of Borussia Mönchengladbach explained in “ZDF Sportstudio”, the DFB is a “prominent institution that excellent job making over the years”.
Bayer Leverkusen sporting director, former DFB coach Rudi Voeller, promised his Spezi Niersbach full backing. “The Wolfgang is a very good friend of mine and I know that he has my thousand percent support,” Völler told the TV channel Sky. Restrained remarked Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. He urged the DFB to elucidate the situation unreservedly
Surprised responded most-capped player Lothar Matthäus:. “We have always spoken about Russia and Qatar, that it now comes to Germany, although the World Cup almost ten years ago, then that was a bit of a shock for me. I can not imagine that, but simply. . Not with these people that I know for a long time “
Christoph Metzelder, key players in the German World Cup team in 2006, said the Sky expert:” We all know that the international Football is a billion dollar business and a self-contained world. With its own sports courts and obviously with its own understanding of the law. It could take a very, very bad light on the summer fairy tale “colleague Dietmar Hamann added:. It is important that everything comes out, what happened. It can not be that removing the large nations the right to buy votes. We must be careful as a German to judge others. Because it could have possibly been in our own application irregularities “
Little was amused Magath Philipp Lahm:”. Not a nice item for anyone who has experienced the World Cup. So far nothing has been confirmed, we have to see what comes out, “he said. The emotional state of most football fans in Germany brought Bayern sporting director Matthias Sammer to the point: “read and thought: Oops, Mamma Mia.” (Dpa / sid / fr)
Niersbach and the DFB have contracted with the case lawyer Christian Schertz. According Schertz the Hamburger magazine “every evidence of this core assertion history guilty” had remained, so the DFB boss: “We have therefore asked him, to the extent not included in the approach proven and definitely incorrect core assertion of the mirror, the 2006 World Cup was with funds from one slush fund ‘in the DFB or been bought from the organizing committee to take all possible legal steps. “Advokat Schertz has however in litigation with the co-author of the current” mirror “text, the Berlin journalist Jens Weinreich, in past already brought a bloody nose. According relaxed commented Weinreich in his blog: “It took me time unsuccessfully represented against FIFA – and the former DFB president Theo Zwanziger equally unsuccessful against me.”
The DFB highly itself could into Visor of Justice advised. As the “Bild am Sonntag” reported the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office was alerted by the report and would “carefully consider” whether to initiating an investigation.
The question is namely further the purpose for which the payment of 6.7 million euros from the DFB has been used to the world governing body Fifa. He did so Niersbach, “out this summer thereof and causes an internal audit”. This, however, he broke for information of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” and the Frankfurter Rundschau astonishment in parts of the DFB Presidium of the Executive Committee and the Board of. They were not informed about it. This was confirmed in office since October 2013 Treasurer Reinhard Grindel, a CDU member of the Bundestag, the “Rheinische Post”.
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Although the results of the audits is still pending, he could” because of definitely rule timings this payment transaction that payment in connection with the World Cup award in 2000 is “assured Niersbach. Exclude non-concrete he could include a reference to a the “mirror” This document from 2004, which are in connection with the operation and shall bear a handwritten note Niersbachs. “I do it absolutely does not remember, since I was involved as OC vice-president marketing and media only very limited in economic transactions.”
From the policy came the call for faster Enlightenment. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he could the DFB “just guessing now as soon as possible to open an investigation and to clarify the outstanding issues”. Steinmeier also stressed: “This is in the interests of sport and of football. But that is our common interest that because nothing sticks “
DFB President:” There was no slush funds “
The Sports Committee Chairman of the Bundestag, Dagmar Freitag (SPD), called for an external investigation. In RBB Info Radio said Friday, internal investigations at the DFB were now no longer the measure of all things. They have not only on these issues have long been doubts about the self-cleaning powers of the sport, “and I guess that the prosecution may be of interest for the operations,” added the SPD politician. FIFA has also announced an investigation.
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The “mirror” responded in person by co-author Jürgen Dahlkamp in its online edition to the denials of the DFB with a raid-like attack. In a commentary under the heading “The honor of the president” wrote Dahlkamp: “An honorary position requires from its support two things:. He must be a man of honor, and he has to make his official honor” There go with a honorary post about “that one its carrier believes. Incredibility in volunteering is unworthiness for volunteering. Wolfgang Niersbach has severely damaged their credibility, he is a man who stands for the old forces in football, for those official clique that has the credibility of football sports policy completely ruined. As a man of yesterday Niersbach should also have no future at the head of the DFB. Who needs so much time for good returns, should do something that happens very quickly: resign “dpa / sid / jcm
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