Uli Hoeness will not appeal against his prison sentence for tax evasion, and said today he is quitting as president of Bayern Munich to prevent damage to the European champions.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has admitted to evading taxes through an undeclared Swiss bank account at a trial that could send the German football great to prison.

Fabio Capello’s England side will face Germany in a friendly in Berlin later this year, it was announced today.