Ribery puts Chelsea and Real on alert as he admits to troubles with Van Gaal

01 September 2009 14:18
Franck Ribery admits his relationship with Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal is not a good one. The France midfielder was linked strongly with a move to this summer, but that switch never materialised and he looks likely to stay at the Allianz Arena until January at least. Chelsea and champions Manchester United were all strongly linked with Ribery, and Real Madrid were reportedly considering making a late bid for the player. Ribery has not started a club game this season as he bids to regain full fitness, and has reportedly not seen eye to eye with Van Gaal, who took over this summer. 'It is important that you have faith in the coach, but with him (Van Gaal) it is complicated,' he said in L'Equipe. 'This is the first time that my contact with a coach is not positive. There's not much feeling between us.' Bayern have won just one of their opening four Bundesliga games and lie eighth in the table with five points.

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