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United States United States Beckenbauer gives backing to Lucio staying at Bayern
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| Written by Samrat Khanna |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:08 |
 Munich - Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has spoken out in favour of defender Lucio staying on at the Bundesliga club this season."Lucio is captain of Brazil and our best defender. We should keep him," Beckenbauer told Wednesday's Bild newspaper. Doubts have been cast over Lucio's future at the club with speculation rampant that new Munich coach Louis van Gaal prefers new signing Edson Braafheid over the 31-year-old in central defence. Lucio, who has been in Munich since 2004, is currently at the Confederations Cup in South Africa and reacted angrily earlier this week to the reports that he might be second choice at the club. "I want to stay. But if the coach thinks that others are better then I will not play for another second in Munich," Lucio said. "Bayern was not my first club and won't be my last." However, Beckenbauer looked to diffuse the issue with the defender, whose contract runs until the end of the 2010 season, calling the situation a misunderstanding. "I think the whole affair is based on a misunderstanding. This has to be cleared up when all the parties are back in Munich."(dpa) |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:13 |