SANTO ANDRE Brazil (Reuters) - Franz Beckenbauer said on Sunday he was ready to answer questions from FIFA about an investigation into World Cup bidding by June 27 and believed that should remove any justification for its 90-day ban on him.
In a statement released via Twitter on Sunday, his spokesman Marcus Hoefl said that Beckenbauer's readiness to answer the questions by FIFA's ethics committee lifts any reason to uphold the ban issued by soccer's world governing body on Friday.
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