Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has once again has stressed that star man Franck Ribery will not be leaving the club.
The French super talent features high on the wish-list of a whole host of Europe’s richest sides but Bayern have neither the need nor the desire to cash in.
“Franck has a contract with us [...]

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A Franck Ribery-inspired 3-2 victory at Lyon on Wednesday night shot Bayern Munich to the top of their Champions League group in rainy conditions in France.
Bayern’s pole position in Group F meant they are assured of playing a second-placed team in the February/March first knockout round, whose draw is on December 19, and of having [...]

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Franck Ribery was elected best French player of the year by the weekly France Football, on Sunday.
It’s the second time in a row the Bayern Munich international midfielder receives the prize.
Recently, Ribery has expressed his surprise at being voted only 16th in the Ballon d’Or European Footballer of the Year award.
“I deserved better than that. [...]

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In-form Franck Ribery wants to take on more responsibility at Bayern Munich, the France international striker said on Wednesday.
“I’m concentrating more at the moment on the functioning of the team, I want to assume more responsibility and my team-mates realise this,” he told German magazine Sport Bild .
“I want to be a leader, [...]

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Bayern Munich will be seeking an agreement to keep Franck Ribery at the club although the France international’s contract still has more than two years to run.
General manager Uli Hoeness said Sunday Bayern wanted a long-term deal with the midfielder who helped Bayern win the league and cup double last season and whose form [...]

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Bayern Munich needed a last-gasp Luca Toni goal to snatch a 2-1 home win over Bundesliga leaders Hoffenheim on Friday and move level on points at the top.
Toni scored from close range following a poor clearance by Andreas Ibertsberger, who laid the ball into the Italy striker’s path in the final seconds of time added [...]

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With Bayern second in the Bundesliga, into the quarter finals of the Champions League and the DFB Pokal, all seems rosy at the Allianz Arena, but for Franck Ribery that still isn’t enough.
In an interview in the ‘Tageszeitung’ the Frenchman has called upon the Bavarians to invest in new players in order to [...]

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