Officially retired since October 2022, after a last experience in Salernitana in Serie A, Franck Ribéry could resume service in France next season. Passed by Boulogne-sur-Mer, Alated, Brest, Metz and Marseille at the start of her career, the former French international (42 years old) would be in discussions to find League 1. Not as a player, but as a consultant.
According to The team“Kaiser Franck” would be part of the stars contacted by the LFP to embody its new channel 100% Ligue 1, which is to be born for the start of the year 2025-2026, the weekend of August 16 and 17. The former Bayern Munich-Eiler would be seen as the man able to “To put the atmosphere on the edge of the lawn and interview the actors of the game“, Dixit the sports daily.
Franck Ribéry with Samir Nasri?
A role similar to that held Laurent Paganelli on Canal+. If the latter was also approached, he would have declined the LFP proposal because he would like to remain faithful to the encrypted chain. Will it be the same for Samir Nasri? The former OM player, consulting the Champions League evenings, is at the end of the contract and could endorse the same costume as that carried by Thierry Henry at the time of Amazon Prime Video.
But concerning him, “Canal+ has not said its last word and continues to negotiate a contract extension”noted The team. Other big names in football have been surveyed but have already refused to join the future Ligue 1. among them, Eden Hazard and Raphaël Varane. Christophe Galtier, who signed in Saudi Arabia, would also have said no, just like Bertrand Latour.
