FIFA has issued the following statement in response to statements from German federation president Wolfgang Niersbach in connection with World Cup 2006 payments, dpa repoerted. "The allegations involving the German Football Association (DFB), the German local organizing committee and the 2006 FIFA World Cup are under review as part of the internal investigation being conducted by FIFA with its outside counsel. FIFA will be requesting that the DFB cooperate in this investigation," FIFA said. "That the financial support of FIFA World Cup Organising Committees should be coupled to any kind of financial advance payment by the respective organising committee or the relevant football association in no way corresponds to FIFA's standard processes and regulations. "Furthermore, in general the FIFA Finance Committee is not authorised to receive payments in any way, nor does it have its own bank accounts." -- SPA 20:18 LOCAL TIME 17:18 GMT تغريد
