Olaf Thon likes former national coach Berti Vogts’ suggestion to name the DFB Cup after Franz Beckenbauer. “That’s not a bad idea,” said the 1990 world champion in an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Olaf Thon likes former national coach Berti Vogts’ suggestion to name the DFB Cup after Franz Beckenbauer. “That’s not a bad idea,” said the 1990 world champion in an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk.
After Beckenbauer’s death, Vogts warned that his name should not be forgotten by the following generations of footballers and said in an interview with the “Rheinische Post”: “Perhaps the DFB should think about it, for example the DFB Cup after Franz Beckenbauer to name.”
Thon paid tribute to Beckenbauer, who died at the age of 78, as a warm-hearted person. “When he came into the room, there was always more light than before,” said the 57-year-old from Gelsenkirchen, who played for FC Bayern from 1988 to 1994. “The warmth with which he treated every employee was what was special.”
During his time at FC Bayern, he and his coach Beckenbauer “always took snuff together in the morning” as a greeting, Thon also reported: “So with Franz you could also drink a nice red wine in the evening.” For him he was the “greatest of all”. In 1994 Thon became German champion under interim coach Beckenbauer.
Source: Stern
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