Bayern Munich retire No 5 shirt in honour of Franz Beckenbauer

12/08/2024 07:37 AM

Bayern Munich members have voted to retire the club’s No 5 shirt in honour of their former player and manager Franz Beckenbauer, who died in January this year aged 78. Beckenbauer — nicknamed 'Der Kaiser' — was widely considered to be one of the greatest ever footballers and  is one of just three men (alongside Mario Zagallo and Didier Deschamps) to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager, lifting the trophy in 1974 and again in 1990. The German club’s members voted to pass the motion unilaterally at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday to retire the...