"The Germans have been negotiating with UEFA to host Euro-2012 from Ukraine," said Franz Beckenbauer to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Beckenbauer, German football and FIFA vice-president of the coalition acknowledged that in Ukraine the problem with the organization of the tournament because of the global economic crisis and political instability in Ukraine have forced UEFA to come up with a plan B. "This is not a secret that we are working negotiations in Zurich for our action if Ukraine does not meet the deadline. One such solution might be a Euro2012 in Poland and Germany.", "Emperor" he said.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung wrote that such a scenario has been talked about in his head, and UEFA, Michel Platini was finely Europe preparing to face a change in host Euro 2012. It is guaranteed that in recent years, if Ukraine fails, Poland, of course, will not be holding the tournament on its own. "One of the possibilities considered by UEFA's tournament is moving to Spain. The other, with the support of Beckenbauer, changes in Poland, a partner of Ukraine to Germany, as well as some games in Dresden, Leipzig and Berlin.
"Let's wait until the next meeting of UEFA's executive committee on 30 January. Then it will become clear whether the Kiev stadium is likely to be ready on time. Without it, as Platini said Euro 2012 will not be held in Ukraine - said Beckenbauer.
So Germans want to Euro 2012?
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