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Cleared by a disciplinary panel of performing a Nazi salute replica football jerseys from China , a Premier League soccer player was still criticized for his lack of knowledge about fascism and Adolf Hitler.Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was described by a Football Association commission as having displayed “a very considerable — one might even say lamentable — degree of ignorance about anything to do with” the Nazi regime.The 32-year-old Hennessey, who is from Wales, had denied giving a Nazi salute because, the commission said, “he said he did not even know what one was.”“Improbable as that may seem to those of us of an older generation www.thetopsoccer.com/spain , we do not reject that assertion as untrue,” it said. “All we would say (at the risk of sounding patronizing) is that Mr. Hennessey would be well advised to familiarize himself with events which continue to have great significance to those who live in a free country.”A photograph posted on Instagram by Hennessey’s teammate at Palace, German midfielder Max Meyer, showed Hennessey with his right arm raised and his left hand under his nose. The photo was taken during a team dinner following Palace’s win over Grimsby in the FA Cup in January.The FA charged Hennessey, saying the gesture brought the game into disrepute and was an aggravated breach of rules because it included a “reference to ethnic origin and/or race and/or religion and/or belief.”Hennessey argued in a hearing that he was waving and shouting to the person taking the photo — an Italian waiter — and put his hand over his mouth to make the sound carry. An independent panel came down on the side of Hennessey.The panel said it was not challenged by witnesses in the hearing that “Mr. Hennessey does have rather a loud voice and tends to be impatient.”Hennessey also provided screenshots and photographs of him on a soccer field Cheap Sweden Soccer Shirts , showing him with his right or left arm “raised at a similar angle (presumably to attract the attention of the defense in front of him),” the panel said.“That someone later misinterpreted the gesture,” it said, “may illustrate the perils of social media and the need for people to be careful to avoid such a situation. It has certainly also revealed a disappointing ignorance on the part of Mr. Hennessey with important parts of our culture and history.“But that does not amount to proof that he has committed what would otherwise be a serious breach of (the rules).” MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich is grooming former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn to be its future chairman and CEO.The German champions said Friday that Kahn has been appointed to the executive board on a five-year contract starting in January. He won’t take over as chairman and CEO until Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s contract expires on Dec. 31, 2021.Bayern president Uli Hoeneß — who is also leaving the club soon — said the club picked Kahn for his mix of sports and business expertise.Since retiring in 2008 www.thetopsoccer.com/switzerland , the eight-time Bundesliga champion has studied for an MBA and started his own business, as well as working as a TV commentator.“With an eye on the future, we are convinced that Oliver Kahn is the perfect solution,” Hoeneß said in a statement. “Oliver Kahn knows football, he knows business Cheap Uruguay Soccer Jerseys , and he carries the DNA of FC Bayern. We are convinced that Oliver Kahn is the right man to lead FC Bayern into the future.”Kahn joined Bayern from Karlsruher SC in 1994 and spent 14 years at the club, winning the Champions League in 2001. He made 86 appearances for Germany, winning the European Championship in 1996 and finishing runner-up at the World Cup in 2002.Kahn was named the world’s Best Goalkeeper three times, European Goalkeeper of the Year four times and German Footballer of the Year twice.“I am deeply connected with the club and it has decisively shaped my life,” said Kahn Cheap USA Soccer Jerseys , adding it was “a great honor” to be appointed.During his time as Bayern chairman, Rummenigge has been a key powerbroker in European soccer, heading the European Club Association from 2008-17.Bayern announced on Thursday that Hoeneß will not stand for re-election as president in November. Former Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer is lined up as his successor.