Chelsea quoted ?100 million for Franck Ribery

30 May 2009 12:08
Prospective Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti revealed this week he had suggested the names of two players - Ribery and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso - who he thought could help turn the Premier League runners-up into an attractive, winning side Russian owner Roman Abramovich craves. Days later, reports claimed Ribery, who has two years left to run on his Bayern contract, was heading to Real for €50m. However, Hoeness has quickly rubbished any suggestion the France international is leaving for such a sum, insisting he would only listen to offers double that amount and that €50m would only "get one of Ribery's legs at best". "If I hear that there was an offer for €125m for Kaka, then Ribery has a market value of at least €100m," Hoeness told Bild. "But I don't want to talk about a fee we would consider because we want to keep hold of Franck." According to Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ribery will still be a Bayern Munich player next season, no matter what Chelsea or any other club offers. He told Munich's Tz newspaper that "only FC Bayern decides what happens, however many millions are offered. We do not want to sell Franck. "

Source: Telegraph