Rehhagel turns down offer from Germany

Greece’s Euro 2004-winning coach Otto Rehhagel has turned down the chance to lead his native country Germany into the 2006 World Cup.

Rehhagel told German Football Federation (DFB) negotiator Franz Beckenbauer in a telephone call that he wished to stay in charge of Greece – whom he led to Euro 2004 glory last Sunday in one of the biggest upsets in the history of football.