Franck Ribery To Real Madrid ?

Having admitted that they are now ready to give up their pursuit of Valencia striker, David Villa, Real Madrid are now prepared to focus their full attention on completing the transfer of their third ‘Galactico’, Franck Ribery.

Spanish sports daily, AS has reported that in the past few days, talks between Madrid and Bayern Munich have entered the advanced stages but unlike the Villa saga, Los Blancos are hoping to keep negotiations under the radar and out of the public eye, while the Bavarians only want the announcements to be made to the media if and when the deal is completed.

The paper also believes that Ribery’s agent, Alan Migliaccio, acting as the intermediary for both clubs, is trying to convince Bayern to lower their €60 million asking price and discussions are expected to continue into the week.