• Der Spiegel reported slush fund set up to pay bribes to Fifa
• Franz Beckenbauer alleged to believe been aware of such a fundGermany’s 2006 World Cup bid committee did not bribe officials from Fifa to win the vote for the tournament,the German Football organization (DFB) president, Wolfgang Niersbach, and said on Saturday,rejecting allegations made by a German magazine a day earlier.
Niersbach, who served on the committee, and was responding to a report in Der Spiegel magazine on Friday alleging a slush fund had been set up for the committee to pay bribes to Fifa officials to help land the tournament for Germany in 2000. Related: German bid likely used slush fund to buy votes for 2006 World Cup,claims report Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com