Those were other times: Wolfgang Niersbach (left ) and Theo Zwanziger (Image of 2 March 2012).
On Monday Wolfgang Niersbach appeared in brand new football museum of Dortmund. And implored his audience, just so the wonderful summer fairytale in 2006 not to put in a dark corner of history.
Author: Anno Hecker, born in 1964, managing editor for sports
“The summer fairy tale is not destroyed, because I again say here: There has been no slush funds, there is no vote-buying given, “said the president of the German Football Association (DFB) and sent amid venerable relics at this Ballfahrtsort his glad tidings from: The Story of the World Cup competition with unfair means, as she describes the “mirror” in its latest edition will disproved. When the going to be, Niersbach left open.
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While the former vice president of the fallen into a predicament organizing committee his defense statements repeated by the weekend, his predecessor attacked him in office: Theo Zwanziger, the Niersbach connected in intimate enmity. For the holidays, he threw out the DFB before, “once again held a factual reappraisal of this process to operate (…) in the media legends” to knit. The vengeful from Theo, who mainly Niersbach was behind the attacks on the Emperor Franz Beckenbauer and.
Zwanziger device thus in a central position. For he is the “mirror” as a tormented by bad feelings, to be described Enlightenment bemühter functionary. The latter confirmed twenties in a formulated by his lawyer letter, among other things to the editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “For three years, Dr. Zwanziger asks the DFB president Niersbach’s obligation to clarify, because the great history of the World Cup 2006 has not deserves to be damaged by speculation. “
But what does Zwanziger concretely? That he has addressed Niersbach, Beckenbauer and others in 2013 transferred at a meeting at Frankfurt Airport on the ominous, from the DFB at the Fifa 6.7 million euros, the black, according to “mirror” the former Adidas chief Robert Louis-Dreyfus in a Checkout should have flowed? Then, the DFB president had been informed two years ago on a highly dubious procedure, which he will have received (according to the DFB press release on Friday) until the summer of this year the wind.
Zwanziger expressed initially not specifically on this important issue. He tries to keep Niersbach in his sights and is a led by Niersbach investigation in question: “As far as hereby a big law firm has been commissioned ostensibly, should be clarified as to when exactly the assignment has been made, and which results after but about 4 months of testing because now exist. “
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The DFB did not answer such questions in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. And the investigators, whoever, in recent months also no attempt made, the man to consult to the 6.7 million deal, which was responsible at the time of payment 2005 OK for Finance. "Overall, it is striking that Dr. Zwanziger," it is said in the letter from the lawyer, "was questioned in connection with the alleged investigation at any time, although he has yet suggested itself."
This is so surprising as the refusal to supply information the DFB around the delicate, open point employed Niersbach also on Monday: "The fact that you have to ask the question (...) were what these remittances of 6.7 million used . "Obviously not for the cultural program, as the DFB described. It turned out, the money did not come back. The sum of 6.7 million euros is to be landed namely via Fifa in an account of Dreyfus. "Also, we would love it," Niersbach said in Dortmund, "if that is cleared up as quickly as possible."
© dpa "There has been no slush funds, there has been no vote buying": DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach
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"There has been no slush funds, there is no vote-buying given ": DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach .
In addition to a DFB investigation team the Frankfurt prosecutor's office now will look at the case. It checks an initial suspicion. Possible offenses named spokeswoman Nadja Niesen on Monday fraud, embezzlement or corruption. But the limitation, the payment of the million is more than ten years old back, the opening of proceedings in Germany will probably avoid. Unless the prosecutors discovered new. The Enlightenment desire has certainly gained momentum.
The parliamentary deputy Hans-Christian Ströbele (Alliance 90 / The Greens) had asked in early summer, the Federal Government of their findings. Now she had "an opportunity to reconsider what they knew and their predecessors of these machinations. (...) The current investigation by the US and Swiss investigators against FIFA representatives will certainly unearth further evidence also to the circumstances of this championship award soon. Possibly it is also clear whether Germany's voice for the wacky 2022 World Cup in Qatar was indeed a thank you for the Qatari consent to, German World Cup 'of 2006. "The trial balloon of reconnaissance specialist Ströbele likely quickly lose air. The Government will refer to the sport. Presumably Zwanziger has better answers to more obvious questions.
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