Bayern Still Want Big Bucks For Franck Ribery - The 17th Best Player In The World:

But Soccernet.com reports that Ribery is only willing to go to Madrid:

"Bayern want 70 million euros, and that is unrealistic. In any case, the player retains his desire to play in Spain rather than England. His head has been turned by Real Madrid's interest and he is still waiting to see if they will buy him.

"I have got to say he doesn't want to go to England, and it's far too early to say what Real Madrid might do - whether they will have the cash after spending so much on Kaka and Ronaldo. If nothing happens with Real then perhaps Ribery will change his mind.

"If he does change his mind about England then he won't go to Manchester City, because Chelsea offers him the best option in terms of potential achievement, so the door could be open at
Chelsea, depending on what they decide to do in the transfer market."


Great player no? But the fans of the world have him at 17th in Best Player In The World rankings at bestplayerintheworld.com as of 6:00am Eastern Standard Time on Thursday November 12, 2009:

Lionel Messi 45% (1,523 votes)
Cristiano Ronaldo 21% (711 votes)
Steven Gerrard 6% (205 votes)
Andres Iniesta 4% (134 votes)
Kaka 3% (94 votes)
Fernando Torres 3% (92 votes)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3% (86 votes)
Frank Lampard 2% (68 votes)
Wayne Rooney 2% (69 votes)
Andrei Arshavin 2% (59 votes)
Ronaldinho 2% (52 votes)
Xavi Hernandez 1% (27 votes)
Nemanja Vidic 1% (23 votes)
Didier Drogba 1% (33 votes)
Cesc Fabregas 1% (31 votes)
Samuel Eto'o 1% (28 votes)
17. Franck Ribery 1% (20 votes)
Luka Modric 1% (19 votes)
David Villa 1% (19 votes)
Robinho 1% (18 votes)
Iker Casillas <1% (16 votes)
Arjen Robben <1% (13 votes)
Karim Benzema <1% (12 votes)
Sergio (Kun) Aguero <1% (10 votes)
Petr Cech <1% (9 votes)
Gianluigi Buffon <1% (9 votes)
Ashley Young <1% (9 votes)
Emmanuel Adebayor <1% (8 votes)

Total Votes: 3,397