End clap for Franck Ribéry who has decided to officially retire.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper
La Gazzetta dello Sport
, the French brushed aside several questions including that of his retirement.
“
I understood that I had to stop a month ago during a consultation in Munich, confides the former Munich resident.
I thought we could find a solution.
But I'm going to have to operate just to have a normal life (…) I would have liked to choose when to stop.
»
“
Marseille is the first team where I left a trace
”
He then talked about his career, starting with Olympique de Marseille.
“
Marseille is the first team where I left a trace.
There, people have the typical mentality of a southern city.
They live football with incredible passion.
It wasn't easy because I was under a lot of pressure, but my career took off.
»
The former Marseillais also wanted to talk about the youth who, according to him, are in a living environment surrounded by too much money.
“
For young people today, it's sometimes too easy.
There's more money, and you buy a lot of things with it.
And it makes you lose track of things.
I liked to say to them, 'Do you know where I was at 19?
In the street, in the 3rd division, with nothing
” before adding that Zinédine Zidane was the best player with whom he had evolved
:
“
playing the World Cup with him was an incredible experience
”
.
The two most important coaches?
Jean Fernandez and Jupp Heynckes
.
His fondest memory?
“
The 2013 C1 final against Dortmund.
»
Ribéry soon to be a coach?
The "Kayser Franck" does not intend to disappear completely from the world of football, but on the contrary, he wants to become a coach.
“
I want to coach (…) I like being on the pitch and close to the team
, ” he
said
, who will join the Salernitana staff before concluding on his status by claiming to have been one of the five best. players in the world.
