Wowzers!

[Ryan]

Chelsea bid '€65m plus José Bosingwa' for Franck Ribéry

• 'We never received an offer over €100m' says Hoeness
• France winger could still be a target in January

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 November 2009 13.09 GMT

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has revealed his club received a bid of €65m (£58.5m) plus José Bosingwa from Chelsea for Franck Ribéry in the summer.

Chelsea were one of several clubs interested in the French winger, and their bid was not the most financially lucrative, but Hoeness told Bild newspaper that it was the "best bid". However, it still fell short of the Bavarian club's €100m (£90m) valuation of the 26-year-old, which is why they turned the Stamford Bridge club down.

"We never received an offer over €100m," he said. "The best bid game from Chelsea: €65m plus the player Bosingwa. We also received other offers of €76m and €80m."

However, Hoeness denies ever being truly tempted into selling Ribéry, who he claims had not demanded a move either. "He never came to us and said he wanted to leave at any price," said Hoeness. "He always said to us that he would like to move to Real Madrid, but that if we wanted to keep him, then it was not a problem. [Selling him] was never a real consideration. However, we want to create the conditions which give Franck the feeling that he can achieve something here in Munich. If he cannot see this potential, then he will leave."

Bayern are currently struggling to provide the France international with these conditions and they could be dumped out of the Champions League on Wednesday night should Juventus defeat Bordeaux, regardless of how Bayern fare against Maccabi Haifa.

This would inevitably make Ribéry's name one of the most frequently mentioned when the transfer market reopens in January, even though Hoeness reserves himself the final say on the issue. "If FC Bayern says no, then Franck stays," he said.

 

[Peatcheo]

Silly money being thrown about nowadays! Becuase of Ronaldo valuations have gone into the stratosphere.

 

[Squiggles]

£90M for a player who's only played in France and Germany?

Fuck that. They should have accepted that offer. There's only so long Real Madrid's spending will continue to distort the market.

 

[Wizardry]

I haven't seen him play at all this season but the previous two seasons;- he was the player we needed.

I don't know how 65m plus a player came into play but he would have been worth everything we had IMO.

 

[darkstarexodus]

[quote author=Wizardry link=topic=37373.msg996108#msg996108 date=1258959992]
I haven't seen him play at all this season but the previous two seasons;- he was the player we needed.

I don't know how 65m plus a player came into play but he would have been worth everything we had IMO.
[/quote]

I agree with you. Unfortunately, everything we had didn't add up to 65 M + a player.

 

[keniget]

Babel & Lucas vs Ribery

Gaaaah! I'd love to read one day that we were actually in for him.

 

[King Binny]

Roman probably wanted to outdo Barca's £40 million plus Eto'o deal for Ibrahimovic.