Franz Beckenbauer will no longer be available as an expert analyst and commentator for the football coverage of German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland.
Beckenbauer has decided that his appearance as a Sky expert as part of the broadcaster’s live coverage of the UEFA Champions League game between FC Bayern Munich and Juventus Turin will be his last for the time being, Sky Deutschland announced in Munich.
Following the turbulent events in the past months, it was Beckenbauer’s request to have more time for himself and his family, according to Sky. He therefore asked the broadcaster to discontinue their long-standing collaboration for an indefinite period of time.
Beckenbauer who extended his contract with Sky for several years in 2012 has been in the focus of criticism in connection with the corruption allegations regarding the allocation of the 2006 FIFA World Cup to Germany.
