Chelsea Make Mammoth £70m Ribery Swap Bid
by Christian Bailey on November 24th, 2009 315 words | 13 commentsBundesliga want crazy money for French International!
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Bayern Munich have revealed they received a part-exchange bid for Franck Ribery from Chelsea during the summer.
General manager Uli Hoeness admits Bayern received a number of offers for the French star, with the Blues bidding €65million plus full-back Jose Bosingwa.
However, the offer fell short of the €100million asking price for the 26-year-old attacker, so Chelsea’s approach was rebuffed by the German outfit.“We never received an offer over 100 million,” Hoeness told Bild newspaper.
“The best bid came from Chelsea – 65 million plus the player Bosingwa.
“We also received other offers of 76 and 80 million.”
Hoeness also revealed that Bayern were not looking to offload Ribery, and that the player never demanded to be given a transfer.
“He never came to us and said he wanted to leave at any price,” he added. (Sky Sports)
Chelsea seem keen to make up for their transfer ban being suspended and Carlo Ancelotti is being linked with all and sundry, despite the fact that his side sits five points clear at the top of the Premier League. Clearly Bayern Munich will only consider selling Franck Ribery if a truly stupendous offer comes in and if a bid of £60m plus Portuguese monobrow Jose Bosingwa isn’t sufficient you have to wonder just how much the Bundesliga side want for their talented French playmaker.
It’s worth remembering the German outfit only paid a paltry £20m for the former Marseille man just over two years ago and if they don’t actually want to sell the 26 year old then I guess they could just say he is not for sale rather than intimating that if a large offer comes along they will consider it.
Does Carlo really need to invest so heavily in a ‘marquee’ signing, I think not.
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anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
no one is worth more than 40m that includes, messi, ronaldo, fabergras anyone
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
^^ Agreed!!!
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Your headline should have read: -
Chelsea Made Mammoth £70m Ribery Swap Bid
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
RIBERY ISNT WORTH MORE THAN 30 MILLION IN MY EYE’S.
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
boswinga will gain us more points than ribery in my opinion
Jed - November 24th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
i wouldnt be complaining if we had him in our side but i really hope we dont pay that much money for him….we could take 2 or 3 players of just as much ability for that price…uli hoeness isnt 100%
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Liverpool FC Danny
He would probably be Ballack’s replacement when he probably retires to Germany after the world cup but I agree, he is worth half that. Doesn’t score much either.
anonymous - November 24th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
“you have to wonder just how much the Bundesliga side want for their talented French playmaker.”
you don’t need to wonder, they said they want 100million so whats to wonder?
Bsides that, don’t do it chelsea.
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Gee there must alot of CESSPOOL Fans who visit this site! Torres best attacker! Has he won a golden boot in the EPL yet?
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Noooooooooo
Ribery’s worthless!
Spend that on 4-5 good players for the future…. to replace Balalck, Lampard, Anelka, DRogba, Deco and Carvalho….
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
are chelsea mad 70 mill for whats his name again go on d pool
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
70 mil on the fugliest frog in the pond? hes not even young so u cant srsly pay that much for someone who will be past it in a couple of years. hes overrated now. the fact that vorinin did rele well in the bundelsiga kinda proves that germans = nazi shit that cant kick a ball. SIMPLES
anonymous - December 2nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Cristiano ronaldo .