Almost three years after leaving FC Bayern, Franck Ribéry no longer rules out an early end to his career.
“I don’t know yet if it will continue next year or if I’ll stop. It depends on how I feel. For me it’s important that I’m happy in the morning when I go to training,” said the 38-year-old French opposite “Sky Italia”.
“I’ve been in love with football since I was a child. It’s a passion for me, something I carry in my heart,” said Ribéry.
Franck Ribéry is flirting with a coaching career
The offensive player switched from FC Bayern to AC Florenz in the summer of 2019. Last year he moved on to US Salernitana.
Ribéry already has concrete plans for the time after his playing career. “I want to be a coach. I like Carlo Ancelotti, both as a person and how he thinks and works. I also appreciate Jupp Heynckes very much, we won everything under him at Bayern in 2013,” said the living Munich club legend .
Ribéry continues to be tempted by his current task at the bottom of the table in Italian Serie A, as he emphasized: “I have one goal, I want to save Salernitana. That would be like a title for me.”
The veteran added: “We still have three months and a lot of games to play. We have new players, a new president, a new sporting director and a new coach and we immediately noticed that something had changed.”
FC Bayern for Franck Ribéry one of the Champions League favorites
Ribéry trusts his great love again this season with the big international success. “FC Bayern, FC Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain are among the favorites in the Champions League. It just depends on them, they have strong teams and great players,” enthused the nine-time German champions.
From Ribéry’s point of view, goalscorer Robert Lewandowski stands out at FC Bayern. “For me, Lewandowski is the best striker at the moment, the strongest in the world in the last two or three years. He works a lot and likes to help the team, which makes the difference in champions.”