Photo GalleryZoomUli Hoeness, Bayern Munich (firo)Uli Hoeness has revealed that Bayern Munich set a fee of €100 million for clubs to sign Franck Ribery and that he spent one uncomfortable day thinking the player would leave.
The Bundesliga giants' general manager has been able to reflect on a summer that has been dominated by persistent rumours that the Frenchman would leave the club.
Bayern publicly stated on a consistent basis that Ribery would not be leaving as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United were all linked, but things were different behind the scenes.
"Internally we said yes, from €100 million we'll deal. Also that was a defensive measure. We did not think anyone would pay that. We wanted to keep Franck," he told Sport Bild.
"One week before the expiry of our internal deadline we said that to him personally. Therefore he knew that interested clubs still had a week to offer the €100m.
"Someone said to me there would be an offer of €100m coming - but not from Real Madrid.
"I had a very bad day. I felt an emptiness in myself, because I had the feeling Franck was going to leave.
"In the evening it emerged that it was a misunderstanding. They wanted to include three players in the sum. When I had heard that I was really happy."
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