Ribery: I want to leave for Real Madrid
Reuters - Thursday 02 July 2009, 07:35
PARIS - Franck Ribery wants to leave Bayern Munich and join Real Madrid, sports daily L'Equipe quoted the France midfielder as saying on Thursday.
Ribery's compatriot Karim Benzema has already agreed to join the Spanish side from Olympique Lyon and become Real's third major signing after Brazil's Kaka and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.
"I have made up my mind, I want to leave," Ribery told Thursday's issue of L'Equipe. "It will be Real [Madrid] or nothing.
Bayern officials have repeatedly said the 26-year-old Ribery, who joined them in 2007 from Olympique Marseille, was not for sale. He has been linked with moves to English sides Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, but now seems set for the Spanish capital.
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