Eurosport - Thu, 18 Jun 14:14:00 2009
Zinedine Zidane believes Franck Ribery's move from Bayern Munich to Real Madrid is moving closer to a reality.
Asked about the talks over the French international, Zidane, who is special adviser to Real Madrid chairman Florentino Perez, told French daily Le Parisien: "They are progressing well.
"People meet to discuss the matter... I am doing all I can to get this move done. That is what I wish and that is what the club's chairman wishes as well," the former France and Real midfielder added.
Real Madrid have already signed Brazilian Kaka from Milan and Manchester United have accepted a world record £80 million bid from the Spanish club for Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to media reports, Bayern Munich have turned down a £50m offer from Real Madrid for Ribery.
"The FC Bayern Munich board of directors has unanimously resolved not to offer the player Franck Ribery for sale," the German club said in a statement published on their website.
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getachew44, different player have different responsibility. Xavi and Iniesta combine made 33 assists last season. Let's not forget that Iniesta was out due to injury for a while too. Anyway, by your logic, Casillas is nothing because he hasnt score a goal in years. See how faulty logic come back and bite you in the @#$%?
getachew44 : don't let people know how stupid you really are . Stop posting !!
getachew44 ya r ok but too negative
ya barca fans why r ya very angry? GETACHEW44 make clear points
yes fifa have declered that madrid are the richest club in world, i don't think if they have debt they would be the richest
one last thing for sure kaka is the best midfield in world so don't say xavi or iniest, they are good but not the best
barca fans shame on ya!
sorry but i have to agree getachew44 you are an idiot! xavi and iniesta would be part of a world 11 let alone a barca 11 or a spanish 11 and they've also played many games without each other and still ended up man of the match so you don't know what your talking about
getachew, I'm a devout Madrid fan but you're an idiot.
They go the madrid because it's there child hood dream money has nothing to do with it Kaka didn't set his own price and refused a 100m deal with man city remember that all you biased EPL supporter seem to have no understanding about the history of football. Why would a top class player want to play on a league that 90% of the games are not played on the ground but in the air. Yeah its true the EPL has some top teams but the best of the rest you would question the quality and anyone who supports football from a neutral point of view would disagree.As far as the CL goes the EPL has done well with it's anti-football tactics in resent years but that wont last long because it's not a proven style of playing. Passing the ball on the ground is the proven style of playing and it will shine through again. Thank god for barca winning the CL now hopefully all the top players will go to good footballing sides. What ever team madrid ends up with before the beginning of the session you all know they'll be incredibly entertaining to watch and that's really important or did you all forget that football a spectators sport. Funny the way no one will go to Chelsea
This getachew44 gimp really has no clue about football does he..... let alone his own debt ridden club - who after this reported £800 mill deal with the banks, I would have a wild stab in the dark at stating they are the most in debt club on the planet.
This getachew44 gimp really has no clue about football does he..... let alone his own debt ridden club - who after this reported £88
getachew44 you are an idiot! how is la liga the best league in the world! Barca may be the best but that does not mean it is the best league! the difference between 2-5 in both leagues is huge regardless of what signings madid make! The're signings are there for the money pure and simple! What other reason would you join such an ordinary side! And before you start talking about history that is not the point I'm making they were an ordinary side last year. Only time will tell if there new manager can handle big names, that is the key to Real success. also its all very well having these attacking players but with out a defense they are going to get smashed in the champions league by the likes of chelsea and liverpool who have a great balance to their teams. Serie a is a joke inter win it every year, still can't compete in the champions league even with mourinho thats when you know your pathetic. the rest of the italian teams is barely worth mentioning except milan who have now sold there only truly world class player. Italy is just above the german league, whom i not going to talk about period as not worth it. Which makes your comments about a league which has consistently had more teams in the later stages of the champions than any other country in the last couple of years laughable but also strange because apparently signing two/three players only one of which played in the epl to begin makes la liga the best in the world... i think not! you should stop smoking that stuff mate its affecting your ability to make statements that make sense!
TIM after all you are with no brain
how you compaire the current best player in world ronaldo or the former best player kaka with barca @#$% apart from messi
iniesta and xavi are joke, both together have scored 11 goals thats half of kaka
all know if you add xavi and iniesta they will never make half kaka
i like xavi and iniesta coz they help spanish national team but facts are facts and i can't be that blind to say they are better than kaka
kaka lead milan for CL title
can xavi and iniesta do the same without the triot henry eto and messi
Tim first of all move your asz from this area this is about real not the racist barca
if you think real madrid are in debt you must be blind or you don't know anything about real madrid OR you follow retarded newspapers like sport, mundodeportivo or elmondo
if barca don't have to spend and are selling their stars that's not our problem
buying top players is more like business, it`s about money, sponsors, prestige and status of being the biggest! now Real needs to get rid of unneeded players and to invest the money smart to strenghten the defence.
it`s not only about having a lot of money like City, but to be the team that every player would be fllatered to play for, an institution!!!
poor EPL teams they thought can control the market but real madrid with perez show their real size
man city chelsea and united were well destroyed
we sold robinho coz we want so
no one from top stars want to go to EPL
EPL teams have been sinking deep in the atlantic ocean one by one with this recesion, 90% of the teams are in dept
do you know what i'm afraid for you guys that you might became the 4th in europe soon
of course la liga is by far the best and serie A the second
Real Madrid are more than 500 million Euros in debt . In addition they have just spent over 150 ME on Ronaldo and Kaka and more signings on the way , By the time Real Madrid are finished with their signings they will probably be 800-900 ME in debt . They can sell some players but even that would NOT make a dent in their overall debt picture . On the positive side Real Madrid can looki forward to targeting the Copa . Barçelona are still better than RM who do NOT have players to compare with Messi,Iniesta and Xavi even after the signings of Kaka and Ronaldo !!
What is all this fusing about Ribbery ? If BayenFC wish to sell they are free to do so,after the man is not kid.He is close to the end of his career same age with paul schole of man u aernal will never go such age in their team.
What is all this fusing about Ribbery ? If BayenFC wish to sell they are free to do so,after the man is not kid.He is close to the end of his career same age with paul schole of man u aernal will never go such age in their team.
i think Cantona is @#$% and if he was playing now no club would look at him even if he was 26 year old
i think Cantona is @#$% and if he was playing now no club would look at him even if he was 26 year old
there is recesion in the world and all the clubs are suffering from it, having alot of debt but real never suffer
real make others suffer by taking their top stars
The new minister of propaganda has spoken !!
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