Van Buyten: Man Utd are after Ribery
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Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten claims that Manchester United are keen on signing Franck Ribery.
The centre back has also stated that Barcelona are interested in his French team-mate, who has been linked to the best clubs in Europe since declaring that Bayern do not have the means to match his ambitions.
Ribery, who has established himself as one of the finest Bundesliga players, is contracted to the German champions until 2011.
Van Buyten told L’Equipe: “He is asking himself questions.
“Which human being would not if clubs such as Barcelona or Manchester [United] were interested in him?
“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t have advice to give him, but we do speak about it.
“What I do is just remind him that at Munich, he’s the king.”
Ribery is fed up with questions about his future, and he said: “I’m assailed by requests, people are only speaking about my departure.
“It’s useless because I don’t want to speak about it anymore. I’m getting tired.”