Ribery Says Bayern Munich Lag Behind European Elite

French star Franck Ribery has spo­ken about his future with Bay­ern Munich and the club’s cur­rent sta­tus in com­par­i­son with the elite clubs across Europe. Ribery had a an impres­sive first sea­son and a decent sec­ond sea­son with the Bavar­i­ans yet has only made nine appear­ances in the league this sea­son due to injury.

The French­man is hun­gry for suc­cess and wants to win tro­phies before he retires. Injuries have plagued his sea­son and lim­ited his con­tri­bu­tion to the club’s cause. Ribery appeared on the verge of a move to Spain dur­ing the sum­mer when Real Madrid were report­edly inter­ested in his ser­vices. He men­tioned his good rela­tion­ship with France’s all-time lead­ing scorer Thierry Henry who wants him to join the Span­ish giants Barcelona. Ribery admit­ted he is unde­cided on whether he will remain with Bay­ern but stressed it will be a very dif­fi­cult decision.

Con­sid­er­ing the fact Bay­ern have surged to sec­ond place in the Bun­desliga while miss­ing the French­man for much of the sea­son, the Bavar­i­ans are prob­a­bly will­ing to cash in on their prized asset and use most of the funds from his sale to rebuild the squad into a more com­plete one. Ribery believes Bay­ern remain a big club in Europe yet he feels they are behind Span­ish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid as well as Eng­lish elite sides such as Man­ches­ter United and Chelsea.

It does seem as if Ribery wants to move in order to get fur­ther expo­sure in the Span­ish la Liga or Eng­lish Pre­mier­ship while chal­leng­ing for domes­tic and Euro­pean hon­ours. For the Ger­man pow­er­house Bay­ern Munich, the sale of the French­man could bring in a hefty amount of cash which can be used to redesign the club by sign­ing a num­ber of tal­ented play­ers. This would help Bay­ern offload an injury prone albeit tal­ented player in Franck Ribery who appar­ently is lean­ing towards a move away from Ger­many. This sum­mer will be a busy one for the French star who will be in South Africa for the World Cup and who might be involved in a major trans­fer move.

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