Bundesliga - Ribery: Real Madrid or nothing

Eurosport - Fri, 03 Jul 07:25:00 2009

Franck Ribery has confirmed he wants to leave Bayern Munich - but only to join Real Madrid.

FOOTBALL Franck Ribery Bayern Munich 2009 - 0

Ribery's compatriot Karim Benzema has already agreed to join the Spanish giants from Lyon and become Real's third major signing after Brazil's Kaka and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.

"I have made up my mind, I want to leave," Ribery told L'Equipe. "It will be Real (Madrid) or nothing."

Bayern officials have repeatedly said the 26-year-old Ribery, who joined them in 2007 from Marseille, was not for sale.

Reuters

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  1. Man iam from pakistan.....REAL will one day buy all the­ football players and all other clubs will look like­ school foorball sides....THEY ARE TRUE CHAMPS­ MAN!!!GoOd bYe BaRcA ur TenURe is over....I heard BaRca­ are chasing former BaRCa youth FABREGAS... ReaL­ Don't let them buy CeSc u know he is a magician in­ the center of the field.....LIKE A ROCKET ON THE­ MOON!!!!he is a true rocket on earth.....

    IAM A­ FABREGAS FAN BOYZ!!!!GO BENZEMA AND RIBERY GO AND SHINE­ U DIAMONDS....

    From Abdul, on Mon 13 Jul 8:41AM
  2. that ribery boy is damn ugly:)) i know he had an­ unfortunate accident,cant blame him for that,only his­ parents can be blamed, but why are his teeth red?:))

    From Isti, on Fri 3 Jul 3:58PM
  3. guys...real have to buy phillip lahm to replace­ heinze...dont buy alonso..gago or lass is much better­ than him...ronaldo, kaka, benzema, ribery, albiol and­ phillip lahm...6 players n that is good enough for­ real...hala madrid!!!

    From afix_macho, on Fri 3 Jul 10:35AM
  4. indonoob. Everyone in Spain knows how madrit has­ created its "history" over the years. I guess­ that you speak spanish. Así que teclea tres w, punto,­ youtube, com, barra, watch?v=fxwjh-S1CQY, y después­ tres w, punto, youtube, com, barra,­ watch?v=IaGqZnNWXQs. I think with that for the moment­ is enough for you. I´ll explain to you in the future­ how madrit “sold” its training ground to get a huge­ amount of money, and many other things…

    From Toto, on Fri 3 Jul 10:13AM
  5. were is Ribery going to play in goal? Jesus they have­ bought everyone except Messy. Man La Liga is going to­ be pretty boring this year reduced to 2 games Real v­ Bacca, Bacca V Real. Real have had so many management­ problems they have removed the need for a manager just­ buy all the oppositions best players.

    From Tim B, on Fri 3 Jul 9:58AM
  6. "Man utd are like an old OAK tree in an English­ field,­ tall and strong with deep roots and wide­ branches. The­ tree is taller and stronger than the­ others around it­ because it has been through good as­ well as harsh times­ which has both toughened and­ nourished it to make it­ stronger, resilient and­ majestic.
    Madrid however is­ like a grown oak tree that­ has been re-planted in the­ desert. This tree cost a­ fortune to buy and plant and­ needs constant watering­ and attention to keep it alive­ costing ever more­ bucket loads of cash. However because­ the tree is in a­ false location after a year it begins­ to wilt­ requiring ever more bucket loads of cash to­ stop it­ withering. About the second year the has wilted­ and­ starts to die. \A new tree is sought to replace­­ this one and so it goes on ad infinitum.

    Moral is­ that­ you cannot buy class, tradition or respect these­ are­ all part of maintaining continuity and being in­ touch­ with your environment."

    i like the last­ phrase... you can't buy class, tradition or­ respect

    well... Real Madrid are the classiest club­ and the most respected one in the world and
    what­ tradition are you talking about at Man Utd? the last­ 10-15 years? =)))...
    you're such a sucker man utd­ fan, Real is everything manchester wants to be!
    You­ like a stupid club, playing with Berbatov and selling­ Tevez, a so much better striker.

    From Vlad, on Fri 3 Jul 9:30AM
  7. i think you all just have to cool it at this time, and­ the thing is you do not know what you all re talking­ about, if RM want to get a of this stars in the club­ why not? look at FC B, they have­ HEN,ETO,XIV,INE,MIS,ALV,AND LOT MORE, so move on with­ you all life.

    From johnmcqueen82, on Fri 3 Jul 9:28AM
  8. sports lovers, great place for all big and tall­ singles, please check: ---BigTalls Co M ---- ,More­ fun waiting for
    you...

    From suny4smith, on Fri 3 Jul 8:11AM
  9. nd by the way, you know how they paid off the debt­ the­ last time Perez’s was president and the had­ 250million­ of debt? By selling off the club’s training­ ground for­ £298m to the city council. Good job mate,­ sound­ business model. cause you know, anytime you want­ more­ funds just sell the training ground again - oh no­­ wait, we dont have one, damn, out debt is rising again­­ - for the last few year and now stands at 500million­­ euros.
    Good thing is though, this time, he managed to­­ secure a credit line with Catalan bank, La Caixa.­­ Against the backdrop of mounting bad loans for Spanish­­ banks and limited access to credit for businesses, one­­ has to marvel that Real Madrid has sponsors lining up­­ to facilitate their transfer orgy in th shape of banks­­ with liquidity problems who cant give out mortgages,­­ yet can dish out money to perez the diddy cause he­­ knows theyre not really a

    From suny4smith, on Fri 3 Jul 8:11AM
  10. The simple matter for you mate is to stop living in­ the­ past and start looking at what is happening just­ now.­ Im not making this up, this is all true (i even­­ 'promise' - look it up for yourself) The­­ Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid admitted that it has­­ agreed to give Real Madrid a €76m (£64m) loan to be­­ secured on two unnamed sources of collateral. Madrid­­ are also understood to have a similar deal in place­­ with Banco Santander. Real have spent in excess of­­ €160m to bring Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester­ United­ and Kaka from Milan. Ok? FACT. good. Caja­ Madrid's­ board of directors approved the loan on­ Monday. A­ source at the bank, which is the­ fourth-biggest in­ Spain, added that a similar deal had­ been approved by­ Santander, the bank that extended a­ credit line to the­ previous president, Ramón Calderón,­ as he tried to sign­ Ronaldo last summer. Santander­ itself has not­ commented.
    and heres the good bit mate­ - Despite the­ announcement, however, Real are seeking­ to prevent the­ fees they are forced to pay from­ spiralling out of­ control and Caja Madrid refused to­ reveal what the­ money would be used for. this is­ because they have­ pressure put on them not to disclose­ the details of­ what madrid owe them and also to not­ push to get the­ money back. See, the old dude in­ charge Calderón­ insisted that he had left the club­ with €91m in its­ coffers. Added to the two loans, that­ would give Madrid­ a total of €243m and Florentino­ Pérez, the new­ president at Real, is also believed to­ have the backing­ of the Catalan savings bank La Caixa,­ which provided­ the formal €57m deposit-guarantee he­ needed to stand­ for the presidency. According to one­ recent report,­ however, Madrid's debt is an­ estimated €500m and­ they are determined to raise money­ by offloading­ players this summer.

    From suny4smith, on Fri 3 Jul 8:10AM
  11. dezzyfiesta : are real madrid not owned by the­ spanish banks / governments therefore ther debts are­ practically wiped from season to season ?

    From David, on Fri 3 Jul 7:36AM
  12. Ribery...or strawberry?If he mark his words like that i­ guess he will stay at Bayern from the rest of his­ carear with broken hearth..and if his lucky he will­ sign with hull city when his age turn 32....

    From Monkey L, on Fri 3 Jul 7:14AM
  13. Real are just raising another galactico era of failure.­ having world class superstars or Players does not­ guarantee success. Those players rushing to go to real­ madrid are probably just interested in money and not­ playing the game. coz they will definately be fighting­ for first team appearance which they wont even start­ some games. Go on ribery and increase the congestion.­ LOL

    From Brian, on Fri 3 Jul 7:07AM
  14. Maybe Madrid aren't ine debt now (which I find very­ hard to believe) but are the Madrid fans here honestly­ saying that Madrid (or any company for that matter) can­ spend nearly all of it's (supposed) gigantic­ revenues on players and not have to borrow?! Am...­ Where are those stupidly high wages getting paid from­ then?! That @#$% Perez is obviously getting a big fat­ paycheck for himself and his "buddies" Kaka­ and Ronaldo!

    From dezzyfiesta, on Fri 3 Jul 6:38AM
  15. RIBERAY WAS AN A WEGON EXCEDENT. YE WAD FINK OWLED­ JAGSAW OOT TA THA SAW FLMS HOD BEN AT EM.

    From Donney, on Fri 3 Jul 6:31AM
  16. this indonoob.. wtf u on about highest average­ attendance??? LOL?

    Barca rules u, always haver, always­ will :) we are greater thanyou, and because we have­ style. You need to spend fricking ridiculous amounts to­ try and keep up as always.

    Oh, and real rofl, as­ usual, its right, they can\t go bust, hey, when­ they are abt to , like same time as barca, barca had to­ fight their way back... but real hey... sold their­ \traning facility\ to the govt for a stupendous­ amount ofmoney, and then bought galacticos thingy­ whilst we had to just rebuild. But ah well.. at least­ know, only the lowly like real, and the noble love­ barca :)

    From moon2309, on Fri 3 Jul 6:27AM
  17. I can just see a real clash of personalities at Real­ Madrid.
    And its all full or horrible, greedy, cheating­ footballers.
    Football is well and truly ruined. No­ wonder those of us that appreciate proper football­ prefer to watch non-league. The brainwashed prefer to­ watch money-go-round with their "hero's"­ coming and going. Pathetic.

    From british.bulldogs, on Fri 3 Jul 4:46AM
  18. date ric h men and celebrities, meet your class y half­ on _C lassymingle C om_ the place make your dream come­ ture!

    From Xiaolian C, on Fri 3 Jul 4:29AM
  19. There is already no space for you to join dude.

    From julianfung95, on Fri 3 Jul 3:16AM
  20. FRENK RIBARAY AS A VARAY AGLAY BYE.

    From Donney, on Fri 3 Jul 2:49AM
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