According to media reports, French soccer professional Franck Ribéry is about to end his great career. Ribéry, who was recently injured, celebrated his greatest successes with FC Bayern, and the attacking player is a legend with the German record champions.
Franck Ribéry ends his career. As Sky Italia and Il Mattino both report, the Frenchman has agreed with US Salernitana to terminate his contract, which runs until 2023. However, Ribéry will remain with the Serie A club in another capacity. The official announcement will follow soon.
Ribéry has been sidelined for six weeks due to injury. The 39-year-old has only made one appearance in the league this season: he was on the pitch for 36 minutes against Roma in August. After leaving FCB, Ribery initially played for Fiorentina for two years before moving to Salerno last year.
Ribéry undoubtedly experienced the most successful period of his career in Munich. He was under contract with FC Bayern from 2007 to 2019 and won the Champions League and nine German championships, among other things. In 2013 he was named Europe's Footballer of the Year and in 2008 he was Germany's Footballer of the Year. Ribéry was also repeatedly injured at FC Bayern, but the winger played 425 games for the German record champions (124 goals/182 assists).
The ex-France international also made 89 appearances at home for Olympique Marseille, 51 for Fiorentina and 21 for FC Metz. As a professional, Ribéry was also active for US Boulogne, Stade Brest and in Turkey for Galatasaray. Ribéry made 81 appearances for France, and in 2006 he was with the French national team in the final of the World Cup, in which the Équipe Tricolore, however, had to admit defeat to Italy on penalties 3:5.
In 2021, Ribéry briefly talked to his heart club again. "If Bayern can't find a winger that they want and can sign, I would definitely think about a one-year contract for Franck Ribéry," said former Bayern star and current TV expert Lothar Matthäus on social media. Ribéry thought the advocacy was great. "Merci my friend. I'm ready!" announced the 39-year-old, who hadn't gotten a new contract after two years at Fiorentina.
Board boss Oliver Kahn quickly destroyed all the fans' dreams after one of their declared favorites returned: "I had a lot of fun with Franck, and we also had very, very nice conversations, I even met him in the restaurant in the evening." , said Kahn very politely at a meeting with sponsors in the Allianz Arena. "But we're not thinking about signing Franck Ribéry."
