translated from Spanish: The President of the German Football Federation resigned for a costly gift he received

after accepting a luxury valued at 6,000 euros (6700 USD) watch by the Ukrainian Hryhoriy Surkis, Vice President of UEFA, the Federal tion German football (DFB) Reinhard Grindel resigned from office. This fact adds to the controversies of the national team, eliminated in the first phase of the world 2018 and photos of players of Turkish origin Ilkay Gundogan and Mesut Ozil with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.” I am deeply affected by having to leave my post as President of the DFB for a matter as well. I not offered any compensation for this gift. I assumed that it was authorized to accept the clock as a private gift. Not had any economic interest with the DFB,”said through a press release German Grindel.El stressed that he is not a greedy person:”he did not know the brand of the watch nor knew its value”. According to the newspaper Bild, the leader received the watch in question makes a year and a half for his birthday. But this was not the only fact suspected of corruption that came to light in recent months. Der Spiegel reported that the now former President secretly received 78,000 euros between 2016 and 2017 by an instance of the DFB media.  According to the Federation, Grindel (former journalist and now politician) had declared their benefits. Remember that Grindel is the second President in a row who must leave his post prematurely. Wolfgang Niersbach resigned in 2015 over accusations of vote-buying to get the Organization of the Germany 2006 World Cup.

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