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Thursday, 29 October 2015
A report of the “mirror” on intrigues before the 2006 World Cup shaken for two weeks to soccer. The excitement about slush funds, accusations and lies stops. None of the parties answered the key questions. An interim report.
Lies accusations, unexplained payments, daily new questions – two weeks after the start of the summer fairy tale affair, almost all central points open. The confusion about the World Cup 2006 now employs investigators at the German Football Association, FIFA and the prosecutor’s office – answers but there are still few. An overview:
What is known about the payments
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Around the starting point for the whole affair is almost everything remains unclear. The version of the German Football Association goes like this: The former Adidas chief Robert Louis-Dreyfus is in 2002 and have thus explicitly paid 6.7 million euros to the FIFA Finance Committee after the award of the World Cup – a loan, because the German World Cup organizers not have had enough money. Therefore, there is no evidence. A receipt can not or will not find the World Association so far. Even the supposed repayment remains three years later in the dark. The “Bild” newspaper reported that there was evidence of payment of the DFB due to FIFA over 6.7 million euros and a subsequently by the then FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi instructed forwarding to Dreyfus. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” on the other hand writes citing DFB sources that the money was not as previously thought flowed into an account of BNP Paribas, but the Zurich UBS. This is again questioned whether the money has ever landed as an organization the World Association.
What’s behind the payments?
There are several theories. One says still: The 2006 World Cup was purchased with money from a “slush fund” would have the German World Cup-makers functionaries bribed Fifa. If the Dreyfus million but to the former Finance Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam or have flowed to the now locked Fifa boss Joseph Blatter itself, it could also go to a different slush fund: to dark channels at the World Federation itself, the version of the DFB and Franz. Beckenbauer, at that time the head of the organizing committee remains: The 6.7 million euros were paid to secure a grant of 250 million Swiss francs for the organization of the 2006 World Cup by FIFA
. War bought the summer fairytale?
Also can still exclude in any case. When the payments are spent and, is still unclear. In the public as now also legally conducted confrontation between Gunter Netzer and Theo Zwanziger still his word against hers – and thus before a trial. Whether Netzer has the former DFB president actually reported by the vote-buying the four Asians before the World Cup award is, but perhaps never let’s find out.
What are the consequences affair?
The image damage for the German Football Association, its President Wolfgang Niersbach and also for Franz Beckenbauer is already immensely – its credibility is seriously questioned. “That Niersbach and other top German soccer officials show up for years routinely about the falling house of cards Fifa in Zurich shocked, is no longer credible approach,” said the British “Guardian”. The DFB board said Niersbach Although initially demonstratively confidence from, internally, it should vigorously rumoren at dressing but. In addition, the affair casts a dark shadow on the German bid for the European Championship 2024th
How long the affair last?
The unresolved issues and the sluggish Enlightenment make the issue a top hit. The interpretation given by the DFB commissioned investigation by the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer should still take “several weeks”. Also on the independence of this investigation, there are now massive doubt – there is a private connection between a narrow Niersbach-employee and a partner of Freshfields. The Fifa informed now with on request, in their organized by outside counsel investigation there would be currently “no further comment”. Even the Interior Ministry is currently investigating documents, the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said last of a “monitoring process”.
Source: n-tv.de
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