Ribery set for Bayern

[CAD]

You have to wonder about the attitude of a player like Ribery, having chosen to go to Bayern.

I don't get it. Wasn't Ribery quoted saying that he wanted CL football and that he might stay if Marsielle qualified ? Munich didn't make CL this year. It makes no sense...

I really wanted him here...

[DeeTheDog]

How can Bayern attract players such as Ribery and Toni after failing to qualify for the Champions' league. Money certainly talks loudly.

[ARIMAN]

You have to wonder about the attitude of a player like Ribery, having chosen to go to Bayern.

Didnt he take the mick out of the German league a few weeks ago

I guess a few euros changed his mind

He is always on the move - wouldnt surprise me if he was elsewhere in 2 years

Bayern must be glad - their squad was getting stripped and they couldnt entice people easily

[philred10]

bayern arent in the champions league next season, a clever player will realise that that will only be for one season and may help with freshness approaching a major tournament next season. that and its helped them get rid of a few players past their best.

[Kenneth]

bayern arent in the champions league next season, a clever player will realise that that will only be for one season and may help with freshness approaching a major tournament next season. that and its helped them get rid of a few players past their best.

Indeed. A player signing a 4 or 5 year contract isn't going to make decisions based solely on the CL status next season.

[Maestro]

bayern arent in the champions league next season, a clever player will realise that that will only be for one season and may help with freshness approaching a major tournament next season. that and its helped them get rid of a few players past their best.

Indeed. A player signing a 4 or 5 year contract isn't going to make decisions based solely on the CL status next season.

Bayern are in abject disarray at the moment though. They are going through a huge transition at present and it's not just the lack of CL football that makes them unattractive suitors.

Bayern are desperate to attract stars and have started adopting a Newcastle like transfer policy. What other team would have paid that much for Ribery?

Unfortunate as it is in modern football, cash is the bottom line, and IMO this was 100% the driving force in this transfer for both Marseille and for Ribery.

[REDSCOUSER]

with them 2 in the side, Jansen the young full back, Altintop & Klose this team is going to be immense in the UEFA CUP next season

[tomasjj]

Bah!!!

Bloody Germans!!

[Maestro]

Just noticed their new home kit - it's hideous!

[Neil Young]

Bayern are in abject disarray at the moment though. They are going through a huge transition at present and it's not just the lack of CL football that makes them unattractive suitors.

Bayern are desperate to attract stars and have started adopting a Newcastle like transfer policy. What other team would have paid that much for Ribery?

Unfortunate as it is in modern football, cash is the bottom line, and IMO this was 100% the driving force in this transfer for both Marseille and for Ribery.

You are probably a lot closer to it than I am but it seems to me that to compare four-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich with perennial fantasists Newcastle United is grossly unfair.

Bayern have clearly had a very poor season and are in need of major overhaul. It looks like that's what they're doing and they're necessarily spending big money to do it. I think I'm right in saying they've always spent more than anyone else in Germany - now the need to get Champions League football means they are having to invest sums typical of other major European clubs.

Newcastle are a big regional club, nothing more, who spend too much money on very poor players.

[Maestro]

You are probably a lot closer to it than I am but it seems to me that to compare four-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich with perennial fantasists Newcastle United is grossly unfair.

Bayern have clearly had a very poor season and are in need of major overhaul. It looks like that's what they're doing and they're necessarily spending big money to do it. I think I'm right in saying they've always spent more than anyone else in Germany - now the need to get Champions League football means they are having to invest sums typical of other major European clubs.

Newcastle are a big regional club, nothing more, who spend too much money on very poor players.

I was comparing their transfer policy to NUFC's, nothing more.

[Neil Young]

I was comparing their transfer policy to NUFC's, nothing more.

I know. I just thought it was an inaccurate analogy. Bayern can/need to spend big to overhaul their (clearly flawed) squad; Newcastle are deluded chancers whose policy mainly seems to be keep their fans happy enough so they won't notice how much they are milked by the people who run the club.

[Maestro]

I know. I just thought it was an inaccurate analogy. Bayern can/need to spend big to overhaul their (clearly flawed) squad; Newcastle are deluded chancers whose policy mainly seems to be keep their fans happy enough so they won't notice how much they are milked by the people who run the club.

Fair enough - maybe I was being too simplistic.

[BobSkinstad]

Bayern are in abject disarray at the moment though.

That is just not true. Granted, they had a very poor season but they have shown in the past few weeks that they mean business and they will in all probability win the Bundesliga at a canter next season.

[Ron_Mexico]

Just noticed their new home kit - it's hideous!

looks like a one piece womens swim suit that, its got a nice little strip for their vaginas at the bottom