Bundesliga - United 'bid £63m for Ribery'

Eurosport - Tue, 05 May 15:19:00 2009

Manchester United have reportedly offered Bayern Munich 70 million euros (£62.5m) for French midfielder Franck Ribery, in a deal which would set a new world record.

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The offer, which would better the 66m euros paid by Real Madrid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001, would be conditional on the sale of United winger Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, The Guardian claimed.

The report came after Ribery last week threatened to quit the German giants unless they qualify for the Champions League next season, as the defending Bundesliga champions struggle to defend their title.

The German club, which has long ruled out letting Ribery go, last weekend hinted it could sell the 26-year-old former Marseille star, who has been at Bayern since July 2007.

But the clubs reported as possible new homes have so far been Barcelona and Real Madrid.

United dismissed the report as not worthy of comment.

AFP

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  1. let me get this straight bethany, u wanna compare­ players like ronaldo and rooney, even giggs, keane,­ staam, schmeical, etc etc, to players like el hadji­ diouff? harry kewell? vladamir smicer? jamie redknapp?­ emille heskey?
    dont make silly comments about things­ you obviously have no knowledge over.

    From nuuki57, on Wed 6 May 3:22AM

  2. real madrid have made a deal with munich thogh 32m for­ ribery.

    From BETHANY, on Tue 5 May 8:17PM

  3. Stezzacoat, oh fergie signs quality players with­ futures in front of them like veron and diego forlan,­ whereas Rafa only signs no hopers like Fernando Torres­ and Xabi Alonso, pull your head out of your a**e

    From John, on Tue 5 May 6:39PM

  4. YES YES YES RIBERY 62.5 MILL BARGIN I HOPE HE COMES TO­ UNITED HES BETTER THEN RONALDO AND TEVEZ PUT TOGERTHER

    From TR, on Tue 5 May 6:23PM

  5. fergie will not sign 26years old right winger for­ 63m...this is rubbish..eurosports sometime bring­ rubbish news like this one..i think the maximun price­ manU will offer is 40m n that will happened IF ronaldo­ move to real..n y in the god beloving world ronaldo­ want to move to Real anyway?Real are rubbish.

    From Akma, on Tue 5 May 4:48PM

  6. no suprises united dismissed this as stupid - this­ sounds like something rafa would do at liverpool,­ fergie signs quality players with futures in front of­ them

    From stezzacoat, on Tue 5 May 3:39PM
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