Uli Hoeneß sure: World Cup 2006 was “not bought”
Years after the tournament, the summer fairy tale made negative headlines. However, Uli Hoeneß is certain that the 2006 World Cup was not bought.
For Bayern Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß, the reports about the supposedly bought “summer fairy tale” are a fairy tale. “The 2006 World Cup was not bought. I’m quite sure of that,” the 69-year-old told the podcast 11 lives, which deals critically with the life and work of Hoeneß in 16 episodes over a total of around 27 hours.
The then World Cup OC boss Franz Beckenbauer, who was once accused in this context, “doesn’t know anything,” claimed Hoeneß. The process for the home tournament was discontinued in April 2020 due to the statute of limitations.
Uli Hoeneß: “We have a totally clear conscience”
“At that time, no pig believed in the World Cup being bribed. Which I absolutely do not see. Not a hundred percent,” Hoeneß emphasized, also with a view to the allegedly questionable test games of his Bavarians around the World Cup awards abroad. “We have a totally clear conscience,” said Hoeness.
Back then, Munich had “received an offer to make these games, got a lot of money for it, a lot of money. And then we went and played,” reported Hoeneß and said: “If I get an offer of the same magnitude for a friendly game, I don’t ask too long. “
It was “everything went correctly”, he added and said: “Do you know what you think abroad? The Germans are pretty stupid. That after 20 years you are still thinking about what happened. Only the Germans can be that stupid.”