Summer fairytale affair
24 million euros! DFB sues former boss Zwanziger
The German Football Association is taking legal action against its former president Theo Zwanziger. The association has filed a claim for damages worth 24 million euros.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Zwanziger confirmed this to the German Press Agency following a report in the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". In essence, it is about financial losses that the DFB has incurred or could still incur as a result of the summer fairytale affair surrounding the 2006 World Cup.
Criminal tax proceedings against three former DFB officials, including Zwanziger, have also been underway at Frankfurt Regional Court for almost eleven months. The trial aims to clarify whether the DFB improperly declared a payment of 6.7 million euros to FIFA in 2005 as a business expense and thereby evaded millions in taxes. Zwanziger as well as former DFB boss Wolfgang Niersbach and former DFB General Secretary Horst R. Schmidt have always strictly denied the accusation.
Association protects itself for eventualities
The 79-year-old Zwanziger reacted calmly to the complaint filed by the association, which curiously took the same position in the trial as Zwanziger - namely that there had been no tax evasion. In plain language, this means that the association is only covering itself for all eventualities. The DFB did not comment on this, referring to the ongoing proceedings.
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