Germany bought into the 2006 World Cup “- Aftonbladet

The government of South Africa claimed to have bought the 2010 World Cup and accusations directed also against the World Cup in Qatar and Russia.

Now the new sensational information.

Der Spiegel claims to have come across documents that prove how Germany bribed for the World Cup in 2006.

In May, the Month were allegations that FIFA peaks in 20 years taking bribes of SEK 1,2 billion and that the South African government bought the 2010 World Cup by FIFA’s then vice president Jack Werner for the equivalent of SEK 85 million.

Serious suspicions of bribery have also been directed against the appointments of Russia Qatar as the host nation for the World Cup 2018 and 2022.

Pumped into 89 million

Now presents new, sensational information in German Der Spiegel. The magazine reports that Adidas former CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus, secretly transferred the equivalent of SEK 89 million to a bank account set up by Germany’s candidacy, which was led by, among others icon Franz Beckenbauer and the current federal-President Wolfgang Niersbach.

Money – that of De Spiegel described as a “loan” – will have been paid in July 6, 2000, just before FIFA decided to award Germany mästerskapet.Anmärkningsvärt is that the so-called “loan” never reported in kandidaturens accounting.

Took the help of FIFA

A year and a half before the championship will be Louis-Dreyfus have requested to receive the remaining part of the “loan” – then worth the equivalent of SEK 62 million – paid in full. The German candidacy should then have taken the help of FIFA. According to Der Spiegel, it paid the amount requested for one of FIFA’s bank accounts in Geneva, Switzerland, and earmarked the money for an “opening ceremony” in Berlin’s Olympic park (a ceremony which never came). Subsequently, Fifa have transferred the money to an account in Zurich to Robert Louis-Dreyfus.

The loan is reported to have taken place in exchange for four Asian votes from the 24-strong executive committee landed in Germany. New Zealand’s Charles Dempsey pulled out, but the plan was still in the lock.

Turn off the

Franz Beckenbauer and Wolfgang Niersbach have personally had the opportunity to respond to Der Spiegel’s accusations, but both have declined.

In a statement recognizing, however, the German Football Association that it made a payment to FIFA in April 2005. But one swears at the same time free from accusations that the payment should have been made in exchange for World Cup votes.

Der Spiegel has also contacted the three Asian members who cast their votes in Germany. Two of them did not answer. The third, South Korea’s Chung Moon Joon, responded that “questions were not worth responding”