München – Germany failed in its treatment of Franz Beckenbauer (†78), according to Matthias Sammer (57).
The former international referenced the first anniversary of the death of football’s ‘Kaiser’, addressing allegations of corruption surrounding the awarding of the 2006 World Cup, and accused the country of hypocrisy.
“In everything he did, he only wanted the best. In football you always have to fight – as a player, a coach, and also when you have to bring a big tournament to Germany. He had to deal with situations that were not his fault,” Sammer said in an interview with ‘t-online’.
“You might consider it a sort of ‘bribery’ when you need votes from people in such a system to secure a tournament. I don’t want to rate this. It is also not proven what might have been necessary for this,” Sammer added.
Beckenbauer, who died on January 7, 2024, at the age of 78, was involved in a scandal as chairman of the organizing committee of the Summer World Cup of Storytelling due to unpaid payments. resolved millions of euros regarding the awarding of the tournament.
