The ex-star of the Blues and Bayern Munich, newly retired, appeared moved this Saturday in Italy.
He couldn’t hold back his tears. Hailed by all his Salernitana teammates this Saturday before the match against La Spezia in the 11e day of Serie A, Franck Ribéry let glimpse his emotion at the time of receiving this warm welcome. The former Bayern Munich or OM player announced on Friday the end of his career at the age of 39. In the columns of Gazzetta dello Sportthe now ex-player of the France team has announced his desire to graduate and train.
The former star of the France team and Bayern Munich, forced to hang up due to recurring knee pain, made a lap of honor before the match against La Spezia, applauded by standing tifosi, before embrace all its partners. For this farewell to the field, on which he has not played since August because of his pain, “FR7“had put on his player outfit, with the Salernitana N.7 jersey. During this lap of honor, he could not hold back a few tears even if he will stay at the Campania club, in the technical coaching alongside coach Davide Nicola.
He does not intend to say goodbye to the world of football
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«In the future, I would like to be a coach. I like being on the field and being close to the team“Explained Ribéry in an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport on Saturday. “I told my teammates that the most difficult thing for me was not hanging up but not being able to help them every day. I will continue to do so, in a city where football is lived as I like it: with passion“, he added. “Today, one of the greatest champions of the last twenty years bids farewell, a footballing legend“Said the president of Salernitana, Danilo Iervolino, on the microphone of the broadcaster DAZN. “We were honored to have him as a player and we are still honored to have him as a leader“, he welcomed.
Ribéry has officially put an end to more than two decades of career as a professional player, spent by many clubs in France at the start of his career (Boulogne, Alès, Brest, Metz, Marseille), in Turkey (Galatasaray), but especially in Germany (Bayern Munich) and Italy (Fiorentina, Salernitana). He also wore the jersey of the France team 81 times, with whom he notably reached the World Cup final in 2006.
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