“THE PASSING OF THE BAYERN MUNICH AND GERMANY ICON AT THE START OF 2024 SHOOK WORLD FOOTBALL”
he status of club legend is protected ferociously by fans across the globe with the accolade reserved for special individuals who are etched into the annals of team folklore. The belief of needing to be a genuinely transformational figure allows for the moniker to be distributed once or twice in a generation to avoid its power being diluted, but there’s absolutely no doubt that Franz Beckenbauer was a legend by any possible measure. The passing of the