Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Bayern Munich leaders have commemorated football icon Franz Beckenbauer amid preparations for the Bundesliga restart between Bayern and Hoffenheim in what will be an emotional game on Friday. Söder and Bayern representatives signed a condolence book laid out from Wednesday onwards in memory of Bayern and Germany great Beckenbauer, who died on Sunday at age 78. "We mourn the loss of a very, very great Bavarian, the most successful and best footballer Germa
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Bayern Munich leaders on Wednesday commemorated club and Germany football icon Franz Beckenbauer when they signed a condolence book in Munich. "We mourn the loss of a very, very great Bavarian, the most successful and best footballer Germany has ever had. A man who was a kind of football god, who changed German football and the image of Germans in the world," Söder said. "We will never forget him." Bayern president Herbert Hainer said: "Franz was not only