Rehn: ‘You are Beckenbauer, I am Cruyff’

Reportedly, Erdogan and Rehn pointed out similarities between football and December 17 summit and joked about who will score during the summit. Rehn, a former football player, likened Erdogan to the famous German football player Franz Beckenbauer and himself to footballing legend Johan Cruyff. The EU Commissioner complimented Erdogan with a football metaphor saying he’d changed from a politician to a statesman, as a move from being a striker to being a sweeper.