Franck Ribery, in an interview, revealed that in 2009 he was ready to leave the Munich "Bayern" team and move to Madrid's "Real". The 31-year-old footballer mentioned that those years were a particularly difficult period for him and that his relationship with coach Louis van Gaal was not the warmest. "It was a difficult period when Louis van Gaal arrived at the club in 2009," the Frenchman confessed to the newspaper "Bild". "I thought about leaving not only because of van Gaal, but also because many clubs were interested in me." F. Ribery revealed that clubs such as Milan's "Inter", Turin's "Juventus", London's "Chelsea", "Manchester City", "Barcelona", and Madrid's "Real" were interested in him. "In those years, my agent and representatives from Real Madrid had a meeting. My wife said she would also be happy to move to Madrid. Everything was almost ready, but after meeting with the Bayern executives, I changed my mind and decided to stay," added F. Ribery.
