Bayern Munich's former President Franz Beckenbauer speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul June 3, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich have thrown their weight behind troubled club icon Franz Beckenbauer, who is at the heart of a 2006 World Cup financial scandal, by saying on Friday that the German champions owed him a lot.
Beckenbauer, a former World Cup-winning player and coach and Bayern's honorary president, has denied repeated allegations of a slush fund used by Germany's bid committee to land the 2006 World Cup.
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