La Liga - Zidane reveals Ribery talks

Eurosport - Sun, 14 Jun 14:12:00 2009

Zinedine Zidane, an advisor to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, has spoken to France midfielder Franck Ribery to try and convince him to move to the Spanish capital from Bayern Munich.

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"I am in talks with Franck," the former three times World Player of the Year, who wore the Real shirt from 2001 to 2006, told Sunday's edition of French newspaper Le Dauphine Libere.

"He is a fantastic player who has his place at Real. And playing in this team is a career opportunity, which, to me, you do not refuse.

"It would be a nice opportunity for Franck. It is up to him."

Real are on the verge of signing Cristiano Ronaldo after Manchester United accepted a world record bid of £80 million for the Portuguese forward earlier this week.

Brazil playmaker Kaka has already joined from Milan for a reported fee of £59m, while Ribery is likely to cost around the same amount, if reported bids for the 26-year-old are anything to go by.

"Bringing together the best players in the world has a cost," said Zidane (pictured, left, with Ribery during 2006 Wolrd Cup).

Reuters

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  1. yeah okay ... keep hating

    From mehdi y, on Tue 16 Jun 7:24AM
  2. Ribery is not good

    From thespecialerone, on Tue 16 Jun 12:02AM
  3. REal still not as good as English top FOUR ribery­ should try italy he would stand out in the old mans­ league.

    From iancampbell11, on Mon 15 Jun 11:47PM
  4. @ il I : You must be a brainwashed little idiot in­ denial . Btw ; you still have NOT answered my question­ on post # 39 !!

    From Tim, on Mon 15 Jun 10:54AM
  5. @ zeray-devil #40 : " tim you are comtletely­ stupied . "

    It is spelled COMPLETELY NOT­ " comtletely " and it is spelled STUPID NOT­ " stupied " . Try to learn how to spell,­ STUPID !!

    From Tim, on Mon 15 Jun 10:49AM
  6. and another thing ronaldo never performs well against­ top sides, i dont know why, maybe top defenders like­ ashley cole or carlos puyol know how to close him down­ or maybe he lets the occasion get to him, but if theres­ a game against a top team he would probably be best­ saving him for the last 20 mins or so as a distraction

    From N, on Mon 15 Jun 12:25AM
  7. real can spend all they like, it will still be another­ barca man utd final next year because they are the best­ two teams in the world. there diverse and technically­ brilliant even without ronaldo. real need defenders­ that work to form a strong backbone which they dont­ have, even if they spend on defenders it takes years to­ gain the trust that it requires so they wont be winning­ anything this season, but if they buy well then the­ season after they might be in with a shout. but i doubt­ it

    From N, on Mon 15 Jun 12:15AM
  8. perez is no idiot, the galacticos revenue far­ outweighed the cost of the players he bought so i dont­ think real will be in any financial difficulty at all,­ weather they'll be as successful or as good as the­ last galacticos remains to be seen. kaka isn't as­ good as zidane, c ronaldo is selfish but excellent, is­ he better than ronaldo?, or will his contribution be as­ defense destroying as beckhams accuracy? and is villa­ going to be as potent raul?, and can ribery really be­ as devastating as beckham?, i doubt it. but i may be­ made to eat my words. this time they have no carlos in­ defense which in my opinion is where real have always­ been weak. if they dont sort out their defense the­ likes of messi and co will still rip them apart like­ last time . buying big names doesn't win games it­ just sells shirts and repays the transfer money it­ doesnt nessesserily bring trophys, for that you need a­ strong defense and unselfish midfielders like makelele­ or xavi

    From N, on Mon 15 Jun 12:07AM
  9. tim, you're as ignorant as you are foolish! have­ you ever bothered to take a look at how shares in­ florentino's company skyrocketed after he became­ president again? he is a money making machine. in his­ first term in charge and after all those signings he­ managed to get rid of most of the debt and increase his­ assets by 10 times. he will do it again. i can explain­ how economics at that scale should work, but i'm­ afraid that those words will just be wasted on you. and­ you are missing the big picture. do you think that all­ these transfers are done with cash up front? like i­ said, you are just bitter and show you're­ insecurity by trading insults when people show you are­ just a pea-brain

    From il l, on Sun 14 Jun 10:22PM
  10. Ronaldo will flop at madrid.....Good player but not a­ great player!!!...Kaka , great signing....As long as­ United dont sell Rooney....Madrid will be in the shadow­ of Barca for a long time...The best players do not make­ the best team.Its the balance that counts and the­ midfield of Barca is football poetry great balance of­ players....United to sign Benzema and Ribery and­ hopefully finally find someone finally to replace­ Keane...

    From austin.regan, on Sun 14 Jun 10:21PM
  11. They have 2 outstanding wingers in Ronaldo and Robben,­ not to mention that other players can play the wing too­ (Higuain , Marcelo..). Why still get Ribery for £60m­ and create problems who's ego can fit on the bench?­ It's time they start thinking of a left-back.

    From defensewinsgames, on Sun 14 Jun 10:18PM
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    i will never lie to make catalans happy
    i'm always­ with truth

    From getachew44, on Sun 14 Jun 8:39PM
  13. look at la roja
    they are destroying the poor newzland

    From getachew44, on Sun 14 Jun 8:38PM
  14. tim you are comtletely stupied

    From zeray, on Sun 14 Jun 8:27PM
  15. # 42: BTW, nice photo . Which one are you ? the one on­ the right or the one on the left ?

    From Tim, on Sun 14 Jun 8:02PM
  16. @ il l # 42 , "let me share a secret with you. as­ an­ example, all the money invested in kaka will give­ real­ madrid a profit by next year. it has happened­ with all­ the other stars. read the papers, everybody­ agrees that­ the kind of marketing real madrid has,­ together with­ the signing of big names, brings profit­ rather than­ loss, even though the spending is huge.­ " Explain to me how can Real Madrid turn 700-800­ million Euros(including further spending) into­ "profit " . Please let me in into more of­ Real Madrid and their misguided fans brand of­ "voodoo economics " . It just does NOT make­ any sense !!

    From Tim, on Sun 14 Jun 8:00PM
  17. tim, #41, you are basing your arguments on one season­ alone, which is highly subjective. remember when­ barcelona won la liga and cl in 2006? what happened­ until 2009? in your words: NADA. and you still had the­ same dream team of '06. things at the top change in­ an instant and any team has felt the disappointment of­ losing.

    let me share a secret with you. as an­ example, all the money invested in kaka will give real­ madrid a profit by next year. it has happened with all­ the other stars. read the papers, everybody agrees that­ the kind of marketing real madrid has, together with­ the signing of big names, brings profit rather than­ loss, even though the spending is huge.

    like another­ reader pointed out earlier this week, do you think that­ other teams like fulham or getafe care that kaka and­ ronaldo have joined madrid? only the top teams in­ europe are bitter and so far from those few, only­ barcelona and manchester united make the most fuss!

    From il l, on Sun 14 Jun 7:00PM
  18. Hey getachew44, Barça 2-0 Real Madrid . Barça 6-2 Real­ Madrid .
    Barça have won La Liga , the Copa and the­ Champions League .
    Real Madrid won nothing . NADA .­ Nothing will change next year despite spending hundreds­ of millions that RM don't have . RM are 510 million­ Euros in debt . Add to that 150 millions for Kaka and­ Ronaldo's transfers and they are 660 million Euros­ in DEBT . Of course they are NOT finished spending yet­ . So how can RM afford to spend huge amounts of money­ when they are heavily in debt ? Answer : Real Madrid­ are a STATE subsidised club . They borrow money , they­ get in debt then have it all forgiven or reduced . This­ is a Banana Republic mentality that is still evident­ since the days of the dictator Franco to whom Real­ Madrid owe a lot of their early success and titles !!

    From Tim, on Sun 14 Jun 6:08PM
  19. lol @ getachew44.............Who's jealous ? not­ me..........

    Barcelona are the TREBLE winners at the­ moment a FEAT with all the trophies Madrid has won­ never achieved this...

    And the reason Madrid is buying­ all these players is BECAUSE THEY SUCK and can't­ compete with Barcelona at the moment.....You guys are­ horrible.......4-0 to Liverpool and a 6-2 thrashing to­ who??? Oh yes BARCELONA not to mention the 2-0 we gave­ you in December so a grand total of 8-2 in both games­ and to be honest it would have been more if not were­ for Casillas...

    Madrid in the next few years is gonna­ be in a such a massive debt that they will have to file­ for Bankruptcy almost £200million Just for Ronaldo­ alone with the transfer and his contract not to mention­ the more signings they want.....

    And besides nothing­ has been written yet wait until the season starts to­ see what they are really made of but until then shut­ the fauck up all you comments are starting to get­ annoying rally its clearly your not English otherwise­ your comments would make some sense....

    Anywho Ribery­ is coming to either Barcelona or Manchester United or­ hes staying in Bayern and you can quote me on that they­ are making a better team just for him...

    From carlos c, on Sun 14 Jun 4:25PM
  20. I'm gonna watch Real on the field!!! Not off the­ Field!!! Last season I've seen both El­ Clasico's!!! :):):) Real Madrid was a joke!!! The­ whole club was fallin down in shame!!! ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!­ So getachew44 f c k o f f you p r i c k!!! Jealous to­ Madrid?!? ha-ha-ha!!! Gimmi a brake! ­ !!!ANTIMADRIDISTA!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Sun 14 Jun 2:49PM
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