In the debate on unexplained cash flows around the organization of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the German Football Association (DFB) founded the ominous million payment to FIFA with the securing of a significant organizational assistance of the World Association.
DFB boss Wolfgang Niersbach said on Thursday that the German World Cup-makers in 2002 converted 6.7 million euros to Fifa had to refer to later receive a grant amounting to converted € 170 million by the World Association can.
The former Adidas chief Robert Louis-Dreyfus . have the World Championships organizing committee stretched the amount due not to lack of funds of the Panel and in 2005 recovered in a roundabout way
“The very important key message is: It’s in the World Cup award in 2006 all received with the right things, “Niersbach repeated his mantra:”. There has been no slush funds, there has been no vote buying “
Franz Beckenbauer wanted from personal funds to pay
When asked why the Fifa have ever demanded a grant of 6.7 million euros, Niersbach said: “That I can not answer.” Is this fact: “The organizing committee had at this time no own funds.” But very probably already own expense.
From the world governing body Fifa was aware that he had co-sponsored the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea with a 100-million grant. “Been months negotiating without result with the Fifa” Over a similar grant for the 2006 World Cup was after the contract for Germany, Niersbach said.
It was then in January 2002 arrived in Zurich to a two-person conversation between Joseph Blatter and the German OC President Franz Beckenbauer. In the course of the FIFA President had provided a grant for the Germans in the equivalent of EUR 170 million in view, which should be discussed with the Finance Committee of Fifa (“Who has led the talks, I know to this day do not”) – apparently linked to a payment of the amount of those ominous OK in 6.7 million euros. This sum was later under the budget line “cultural program” again.
Fifa contradicts the representation, Blatter adopt clueless
On demand of the “world” said four- Eye conversation was notified Blatter: “I am not familiar with the subject.” The Fifa turn informed a spokeswoman with the allegations would “tested by the world governing body in the context of an internal investigation, together with its external lawyers. FIFA will ask the DFB to participate in this investigation.”
It corresponds to “in any way with the FIFA standard processes and policies that provide financial support to WM-OKs to any financial advance by the respective OCs or his coupled Association is “.
Niersbach reported now in the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main from a meeting between him and Franz Beckenbauer on Tuesday in Salzburg. There only he had to know more. Franz Beckenbauer had therefore 2002 agreed to almost stand for 6.7 million euros “with his private assets. He has deliberately so spontaneously by itself, because he realized that standing on total solid ground with this grant, the total financing of the 2006 World Cup “.
Beckenbauer’s former adviser Robert Swan had then advised him, however, nothing to pay out of his private assets. Swan have instead linked contact to Dreyfus, who had been on Swan’s commitment, “tens of millions of Swiss francs (the equivalent of 6.7 million euros, Anm.d.Red.) To be transferred to the Finance Committee of Fifa. Where exactly beyond my and our knowledge “.
Accurate knowledge? Wolfgang Niersbach must fit
From this process, as he had at that time the OC-Member 2002″ knew personally nothing, “the DFB President stated. From the terms of the loan he had learned nothing at the time, but did it only “can bring together so this summer”
Niersbach:. “I have already noticed that there was something that had to do with Robert Louis-Dreyfus. I do not rule out that was even spoken about it more intensively. ” But accurate knowledge? “I have to watch” – as in many other questions also date back ten years or more, as Niersbach in his defense speech, not only once. Even Beckenbauer did “the rest no longer present” had at the joint meeting on Tuesday.
Why he had to fly where it could bring Beckenbauer obviously a lot more light on the matter to Salzburg, Niersbach was asked. He replied, “I wanted to know especially for myself: What exactly is and how exactly been the settled time” The former OC President Beckenbauer has thus brought his very hastily called news conference to a certain extent in Erklärungsnot Niersbach.
After he himself so until June 2015 detours had learned of the operation with the 6.7 million euros, so Niersbach continued, he had then an internal investigation in the DFB asked, “which lasted for some time”.
Niersbach:” What was I to blame personally It’s certainly been my failure to have the other Bureau members not informed early I must clearly take my fault I have also to colleagues and friends in the Bureau?.. and the chairmen of the national associations so provides. “
The” mirror “had last Saturday tells of a document in which it comes to the remittance of million loan went to Robert-Louis Dreyfus. In this document is in Wolfgang Niersbachs handwriting the note to find “the agreed fee for RLD”. The magazine put the conclusion that the voices of the four Asian Fifa Exekutivkommitee members had been bought with the money.
“If it because my handwriting is, “Niersbach said on Thursday in Frankfurt:” I can not remember, but it can also not be ruled out given the large number of transactions that were in the handling and preparation of the World Cup on the table “
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Franz Beckenbauer Wolfgang Niersbach has defended in the wake of allegations about the awarding of the 2006 World Cup. . “They are men of honor,” said Rummenigge Source: The World / SID Sport
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