Völler and Skibbe have signed their contracts

Team manager Rudi Völler and DFB-trainer Michael Skibbe have signed their contracts with the German football association (DFB) at the time of the World Cup qualification game in Athens against Greece. The executive DBF-president Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder had brought the documents with him to Greece, after the formal act had had to be postponed repeatedly due to scheduling difficulties. The contract of team manager Rudi Völler lasts until after the World Championship 2002 in Japan and South Korea, Michael Skibbe has signed until 2004. [ps]