Franz Beckenbauer signed a contract promising a now disgraced Jack Warner “various services” shortly before Germany won the vote to stage the 2006 World Cup, the acting president of the German football federation said.
Rainer Koch said Beckenbauer’s contract with Warner did not include “direct cash benefits” but “various services such as friendlies, support for Concacaf coaches and tickets for World Cup games.” There are no indications that the contract was ever implemented, Koch said in a statement.
He said Beckenbauer had no power to make such deals on his own and that they would have needed the approval of the board.
The latest revelation increased pressure on Beckenbauer to speak out. The disclosure came one day after DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach’s resignation.