Germany mourns the loss of a football legend, Rudi Völler the loss of a friend. The death of Franz Beckenbauer made him “infinitely sad”.
The death of Franz Beckenbauer (1945-2024) shocked Germany. Numerous fans, companions, friends and famous personalities say goodbye to the emperor on social media or in statements. A selection of the numerous reactions to the death of the emperor.
“Franz Beckenbauer’s death is a real turning point”
“I am incredibly sad, the news of his death affects me very much,” said Rudi Völler (63), DFB director of the senior national team. “I consider it one of the great privileges of my life to have known and experienced Franz Beckenbauer.” Beckenbauer was “an inspiration for more than one generation” and will “forever remain the shining light of German football.” Völler concludes with the words: “With Franz Beckenbauer, German football is losing its greatest personality, I am losing a good friend.”
“Franz Beckenbauer’s death is a real turning point,” explains DFB President Bernd Neuendorf (62). “With him we are losing a unique footballer and a lovely person. The ‘Kaiser’ was one of the best players our sport has ever seen.” Beckenbauer leaves behind “a great legacy for the DFB and football as a whole.”
For national coach Julian Nagelsmann (36), the deceased was “the best footballer in German history”. And further: “When Franz Beckenbauer entered a room, the room lit up, he rightly earned the title ‘lighting figure of German football’. An aura surrounded him until the end, which also reflected the health problems and strokes of fate that he had to cope with. couldn’t shake it.”
“No one will ever reach him”
The Kaiser’s great career was as closely linked to no other club as to Bayern. He played almost 400 Bundesliga games for FC Bayern Munich and won numerous titles. “The world of FC Bayern is no longer what it used to be – suddenly darker, quieter, poorer”, .
Uli Hoeneß (72), like Beckenbauer’s honorary president of the club, calls the Kaiser “the greatest personality FC Bayern has ever had.” Beckenbauer is unforgettable “as a player, coach, president, person.” “No one will ever reach him. […] He was a friend to me, a unique companion – and a gift to all of us.”
Former professional Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (68) is “deeply shocked” and remembers the times together: “He was my captain at FC Bayern, my coach at the national team, our president at Bayern and not in all of these roles just successful, but unique. […] German football is losing the greatest personality in its history.”
A shock for Lothar Matthäus
“The shock is deep, even though I knew that Franz wasn’t feeling well,” says Lothar Matthäus (62). And further: “Everyone who knew him knows what a great and generous person Franz was. A good friend has left us. I will miss him – we will all miss him!”
Other football stars keep it shorter. (37) writes in an Instagram story something like “Rest in peace, Franz!” to a picture by Beckenbauer. (40) and (36) also choose similar words on the platform.
“He was an exception, the word libero in its entirety seems to have been invented for him,” condoled Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (68). “With Franz Beckenbauer we are losing the most famous and popular representative of German sport around the world. We will not forget him.”
Olaf Scholz (65) also reports. “Franz Beckenbauer was one of the greatest footballers in Germany and for many ‘the emperor’ – also because he inspired enthusiasm for German football for generations,” writes the Chancellor. “We will miss him. My thoughts are with his family and friends.”
Source: Stern
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