Thirty-eight years old, 26 trophies on the showcase. The career of Franck Ribery is that of one of the greatest footballers of the last twenty years. In Bayern – he on the one hand, Robben on the other – he reinvented the role of the attacking winger and in Munich, which is now his first home, he wrote a page of history. Indelible: in 12 seasons he won the Bundesliga nine times, in 2013 in Europe he won everything there was to win and entered the top 15 for attendance records in a club that has a history built on great champions, the second non-German with more appearances after David Alaba.
After 12 years at Bayern, Ribery accepted the court of Commisso’s new Fiorentina. With the promise of an exciting project, with a big star presentation, Ribery joined the purple project when the new ownership had just taken over. And at the beginning of a two-year period that is anything but exciting, made up of summers spent dreaming of Europe and salvations then achieved at the photo finish. In this context, Ribery showed his qualities only in flashes. He decided important games, he had to deal with prolonged absences: 51 appearances, 5 goals and 10 assists the final summary. However, a positive picture for what Viola has done in the last two years. Numbers that, however, were not enough to deserve confirmation.
With the Fiorentina chapter closed, Ribery then waited all summer for the right offer. In Germany, at one point, there were also rumors of his possible, sensational return to Bayern Munich. While in Italy in late August, Hellas Verona especially thought about his engagement.
But who moved with greater conviction, in the end, was there Salerno. Who has really shown that he wants Ribery also thanks to a city that is ready to welcome Ribery with all the honors that such a champion deserves. Even though he is 38 years old today.
And precisely at 38, Ribery is probably called to end his career with a real one mission impossible. Salernitana is in fact at the end of all the grids: newly promoted which had very narrow margins for making purchases, the grenade company, with the exception of Simy, made a market made up of only loans and releases. He doesn’t seem equipped to stay in Serie A and the French champion has been hired to restore enthusiasm to a place that already seemed resigned. To him the task of carrying the team on his shoulders, to him the burden and the honor of becoming the main protagonist of a salvation that would be incredible. Fascinating challenge and very difficult at the moment, especially for a 1983 class. But who can try but Ribery?
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