It has been over two years since Franck Ribéry has ended his career. An end of the course experienced in a certain anonymity, on the side of Salernitana, while the French winger (42 years old) had stacked the trophies to his “bonus”, when he evolved under the colors of Bayern Munich, Germany. Where he notably passed very close to the Ballon d'Or, in 2013.
But “Kaiser Franck” does not regret his farewell to the field, for the simple reason that his body could no longer. “I had more and more sore kneehe says in an interview granted recently to The team. I was no longer in training between matches but in recovery to preserve myself. I took two days of rest, then three or four. »»
Franck Ribéry in his last match with La Sallernitana.
“I lost the pace to save myself. Then the exams revealed that I had no more cartilagecontinues the former tricolor international (81 selections). I went to the billiards in Austria. The operation went well, with the installation of a plate inside. »» The rest is much less pink, the former Marseille player who even almost was amputated.
Franck Ribéry: “We could have cut my leg”
“I had a big infection almost five months later. For two months, I took tablets. We removed the plate. The infection had eaten away. It was so serious that I had holes in the legsays the Boulonnais. I had grabbed a golden staphylococcus. I entered the emergency room in the hospital in Austria for twelve days. I was really afraid. »»
And Franck Ribéry to conclude: “You could have cut my leg. The surgeon was fantastic. So when I replay with the ancients as with my little one, somewhere, I revise! »» His love story with football is not over since the former Bavarian decided to spend his coach diplomas at the technical center of the Italian Federation.
