The German Football Federation (DFB) has said a payment it made to FIFA had nothing to do with the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.
News magazine Der Spiegel claims a slush fund was used to secure votes.
Football's German governing body said on Friday it had found no "irregularities" in the awarding of football's showpiece event to Germany. "Furthermore, there is no evidence that any of the delegates' votes were won illegally at any stage in the application process," a DFB statement said.
However, the DFB said it had become aware of a 6.7 million euro payment - brought to light by an internal investigation. The sum was paid to FIFA in April 2005 from the organizational committee preparing the event in Germany.
"This payment was in no way linked to the awarding of the 2006 World Cup, which had been decided 5 years previously," said the statement, albeit acknowleding that the money might not have been used as intended.
According to the DPA news agency, FIFA has said it will investigate the possible improper use of the payment. Swiss prosecutors are currently investigating accusations in the selection of Russia and Qatar as the venues for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Delegates 'bought off'
News magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday that the bid committee had set up a slush fund of 10.3 million Swiss francs ($10.8 million) to help it land the event. A report on the magazine's website on Friday said the money was used to secure the votes of four Asian FIFA delegates who were involved in awarding the World Cup.
Der Spiegel said the money had come from Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus as a secret private donation. The magazine said the bid committee chief Franz Beckenbauer and the current DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach were aware that there was a fund.
Germany narrowly pipped South Africa by 12 votes to 11 in the vote by the FIFA executive committee in 2009. Oceania's Charles Dempsey abstained from the ballot and said there had been huge pressure on him from undisclosed parties. Niersabach famously said in a German TV interview a few months ago that he did not know how Germany had won enough votes to tip the scales.
The sum was said to have been sent to FIFA for a cultural event. In the end, that event was cancelled. The DFB has said it will look into a possible claim to potential repayment. FIFA, meanwhile, said it had forwarded the case to its audit and compliance commission.
rc/msh (dpa, Reuters)
Culled from Deustche welle
Na wah,this Blatter wahala no be small thing oh.I can imagine the monies that must have passed thru their hands over the years.
I didnt know that countries bribe to host world cup oh....what is there to gain in hosting world cup....Tourism development?
The reply of cynthia Morgan to Caroline danjuma is just someow. How we wan take knw na piece of art? Nt everybody can reason along her line/art.... I support Caroline tho.. there r better ways to pass messages across to baby mama's and intending baby mama's than the rubbish she did! And for her asking who she is, she fall my hand big time!!! At least Caroline is married to one of the movers of naija, who is cynthia Morgan???? Clueless babe!!
ReplyDeleteThe monies fans spend during the tournament, hotel bills, transport, food, gifts etc...all these businesses pay taxes so the hobt earns returns.
ReplyDeleteAlso, its boosts ur prestige and tourism like u said
Very interesting
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ReplyDeleteWe can't expect them to admit they paid for hosting, can we? True the hosting rights have been long awarded, what if this is a residue of the 1st down payment? Let facts speak, what was the money for?
Blatter and his gang of unscrupulous haughty men bled FIFA dry. If it were an African, it would have been played over and over with his flag on any news he is in. Infact, the news will start with "The Nigerian FIFA president..."
This is what Obama advised as buiding strong institutions. The parochial setting in FIFA enabled all that impunity.
Will England forgive FIFA for losing the WC bid? The Brits handed Beckham 9billion pounds for World Cup bid. Becks used the money to buy projector TVS, repair stadiums, hire intelligent staff and prepare a good bid. Forgetting that the decision of who is to host or not rests on the shoulders of 20 something corrupt individuals(without a provision for them to give reasons for why they voted, totally their prerogative), racist and cold Russia and hot Qatar obviously put in their own money into bribing while Becks was buying projector with his. On the day of the election, after wasting their British voices to give them reasons why England should host it, the money spoke cos they didn't get up to 3 votes or so. That is to show you how corrupt these reptiles were. Condemned us to bloody Russia and a winter WC in Qatar.
So, for these dorks, money speaks. Blatter has perfected the act of corruption, high handedness and egocentricity. Its almost like the entire world were hood winked and jazzed the whole time
I have always know dat fifa is a fraud like wise caf, dey always steal nd lunder money, pls dey extend de investigation to caf also. Good morning all
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a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Stuff like this dont bother me though....
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