Hamburg (Germany), June 03: German football legend Franz Beckenbauer is expecting his fifth child this November, with a former secretary of the Bayern Munich Club, the 'Bild' newspaper reported today. Beckenbauer, 57, and his companion Heidi Burmester already have a son together, Joel Maximilian, who will be three in August.

The former champion, who is also the organising committee president for the 2006 World Cup, shocked fans last year when he announced he was leaving his wife of 12 years to devote more time to his son by Burmester.

"We want this child. Little Joel should not grow up alone," Beckenbauer told 'Bild', which splashed the story on its front page.

"We have a big house, we still have plenty of space, even for a whole kindergarten."

Beckenbauer said after four sons he now hoped to have a baby girl.

Bureau Report