Bundesliga - Bayern want 'crazy' money for Ribery

Eurosport - Fri, 12 Jun 21:49:00 2009

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness will only consider selling Franck Ribery if his club receive a 'crazy' bid for the France midfielder.

FOOTBALL Franck Ribery Bayern Munich 2009 - 0

Hoeness this week informed Real Madrid the Bavarians were not willing to sell the 26-year-old, but speculation is rife he may soon be hearing from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson - if Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Madrid goes through.

"We would only talk on very strict conditions," Hoeness told Munich's Tz newspaper. "And that would be if they were prepared to do crazy things."

Hoeness recently claimed that not even one of Ribery's legs could be bought for 50 million euros, but the consensus in Germany is that a bid in the region of 75 million euros (£64 million) could prove to be tempting enough.

Having already spent close to that amount on new players this summer, the Bundesliga outfit may welcome the opportunity to recoup their expenditure in one deal - particularly since Ribery has made it clear he fancies a move abroad.

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  1. With the transfer prices now gone through the roof you­ could get Darren Bent or maybe Bellany now for 35­ million lmao

    From Kristina, on Sat 13 Jun 12:23PM
  2. Latest news around Europe Is that Villa is certain to­­ join madrid in the next couple of days, Barca look­ like­ they will get Ribbery Who are you going to buy is­ the­ 80 million in one sum or more than likely­ instalments­ like the Beck's Rooney deals well just­ about most­ big money deals are done that way, with the­ 50% tax in­ the uk most players would favour Spain with­ the big tax­ breaks and the strong Euro, United wont­ land any world­ stars whats for sure.

    From Kristina, on Sat 13 Jun 12:20PM
  3. Ribery does not have the bottle to ply his trade in the­ English Premiership because it will be far too­ competitive for him. Even if United agreed to pay £50m,­ he would still not come. I would like to be wrong about­ this but for the present, I will stick to my views.

    From BRIAN, on Sat 13 Jun 11:39AM
  4. Comment 76, you have got the situation completely in­ reverse. For the first fifteen minutes of the game­ against Barca, Ronaldo was in blistering form but­ unfortunately, he did not get any support or sevice­ from his team mates. Giggs was a complete joke­ throughout the match and contributed absolutely­ nothing. I do not understand SAF's love affair with­ this player who for seasons now has hardly broken­ sweat. His distribution in most of the games he has­ played, verges on the inept. I am not surprised that­ Tevez, when sitting on the bench watching that rubbish­ feels frustrated and expresses a desire to move on. In­ the game against Barca, Rooney also performed well­ below par and his passing left alot to be desired. And­ as for Carrick who gave possession to Barca and which­ led to their first goal, I do not believe that he is­ anything like a player who should be wearing a United­ shirt. He is far too slow of both body and mind and the­ fleet footed Barca midfielders showed him up for what­ he is ie. "absolutely useless". Does it­ surprise anyone that Ronaldo would become disillusioned­ when faced with such diabolical assistance?

    From BRIAN, on Sat 13 Jun 11:16AM
  5. lets not forget that doctors do look after these­ footballers, perhaps they should get the increase­ before they decide 2 change their jobs. some hospitals­ requires more doctor as people ended up dead due 2­ waiting on a doctor

    From Joshua, on Sat 13 Jun 8:15AM
  6. I am pretty sure that Real will throw around 50 million­ euro for Ribery just to beat every bid! Bayern are­ gonna want more than that but they ain't gonna get­ any higher bid! and they surely ain't gonna see any­ good from an unmotivated Ribery if they step in his way­ to Madrid!
    The germans will be forced to sell him and­ settle for 50. after all that's a good price and­ they should not be greedy

    From mehdi y, on Sat 13 Jun 5:20AM
  7. Too bad Ribery is too expensive for MU. But Fergusson­ can buy Benzema and Valencia. they cheaper and very­ good players!

    From mehdi y, on Sat 13 Jun 5:17AM
  8. No way is franck close to 60 mil plus. 30-40 million or­ you're throwing away money.

    From bigbrother09447, on Sat 13 Jun 12:13AM
  9. You are all over analysing this. I think 40 million?!!­ You havent got a clue. just wait and see what happens.­ wait to see what happens dont tell us what you would­ do, cos we dont care!

    From Edna Bucket, on Sat 13 Jun 12:01AM
  10. James D Get a life.

    From Edna Bucket, on Fri 12 Jun 11:56PM
  11. i believe 40m pounds would be a fair price for ribery.­ this would allow man united to get a fantastic player­ for a somewhat discount compared to what they received­ for ronaldo, and it would allow bayern to spend that­ money on 2 very good players to build their squad for­ next season. lets face it, for the money man united is­ getting for ronaldo, they can get ribery, benzema, and­ valencia and those 3 combined are obviously better than­ ronaldo so why not? this would also allow both bayern­ and lyon to buy 2 great players to replace ribery and­ benzema. in a way, everybody wins...

    From SemirGOBAYERN!!!, on Fri 12 Jun 11:53PM
  12. The real point here is that Barcelona and Chelski are­ United's real threats. Liverpool nuthin',­ Madrid nuthin', Arsenal nuthin'. United were­ urinated on by Barca if we are to be honest. The­ biggest problem being that having gone behind, there­ was nothing left. United had become­ 'Ronaldo-heavy'. He showed no willingness to­ adapt to the team and other players were compromising­ their ability to accommodate him - most notably Rooney­ and Berbatov. United need more attacking players. Look­ at this team:

    1. Van Der Sar,
    2. Evra,
    3. Brown,
    4.­ Vidic,
    5, Ferdinand,
    6, Hargreaves,
    7. Ribery,
    8,­ Anderson,
    9. Rooney,
    10. Benzema,
    11.­ Valencia.

    Compare this to the team that lost to­ Barcelona.

    1. Van der Sar,
    2. Evra,
    3. O'Shea,
    4.­ Vidic,
    5. Ferdinand,
    6. Carrick,
    7. Ronaldo,
    8.­ Anderson,
    9. Rooney,
    10. Park,
    11. Giggs

    Which team is­ better? Of course the first team would beat Barcelona­ whereas it is not surprising that the 2nd team­ didn't.

    From James D, on Fri 12 Jun 10:44PM
  13. crazy money? for Ribery? Well for someone whos no­ better than ljungberg at arsenal was, £20 mill would be­ crazy!

    From peri, on Fri 12 Jun 10:07PM
  14. Old scarface ain't worth £64 mil or anywhere near­ it. I think bayern are just trying to push up the price­ because they know Real Madrid want him and they(Real­ Madrid)seem to have no concerns with paying over the­ top prices for players they want.

    From liam, on Fri 12 Jun 9:46PM
  15. He is very very good. He is defintely better player­ than Ronaldo, just in the wrong team.

    From Half A Brain, on Fri 12 Jun 9:25PM
  16. 64k for Ribery is TOO MUCH!!!!! That is not VFM!!!!!!­ Value For Money!

    From jonathan, on Fri 12 Jun 9:17PM
  17. HE IS GOOD , BUT HE AINT THAT GOOD

    From v.porter.1, on Fri 12 Jun 7:59PM
  18. comment 52
    wrong thats wrong, ribery is worth about £65­ milllion because he's a good player but saying not­ even 50million euros could get 1 of his legs is a bit­ over the top!

    From Thomas, on Fri 12 Jun 6:45PM
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    A DINNAE TACH THA GENJA POTRACK BYE. AF A DA A WAD BE­ FACKAN MONTAL.

    From Donney, on Fri 12 Jun 6:41PM
  20. 69. well, I can tell its not your case (study hard).­ Forget about THEIR money, make your own. :-0

    From Patrick F, on Fri 12 Jun 6:29PM
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