• Former Germany captain and manager rejects newspaper’s accusations[br]• ‘I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes’Franz Beckenbauer,who headed the organising committee for the 2006 soccer World Cup, on Sunday rejected claims that a slush fund had been set up in 2000 to buy votes to bring the tournament to Germany.“I never gave money to anyone in order to acquire votes so that Germany is awarded the 2006 World Cup, or ” Beckenbauer,a former World Cup winning player and coach, said in a statement. “And I am certain that no other member of the tender committee did something like that.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com