England's traditional club honors Franz Beckenbauer at his grave in Munich. Airplane disaster was the reason for the visit.

“It is a special honor for me that I can be part of this wreath-laying ceremony,” Franz Roth is quoted as saying on the FC Bayern homepage. The relationship between FC Bayern and Manchester United is “unique and a relationship forever,’ says assistant coach Mike Phelan, who was part of the Red Devils group that made it to Munich.