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Bayern Munich will hold a memorial service for Franz Beckenbauer in their Allianz Arena on Friday January 19, the record Bundesliga champions announced. The club is inviting “friends and companions from national and international sport, culture and politics as well as all fans and the entire football family in general to bid farewell to the unforgettable ‘Kaiser’ in a special, emotional setting.” The celebration will centre on memories of Beckenbauer, who died on Sunday at the age of 78. Bayern also announced that the club had received letters of condolence from all over the world. “The joint …