The vastly-experienced French winger is set to become a free agent next summer, but he has given little thought at present to his next move <\/p>\n
Franck Ribery is yet to make a decision on what his future will hold once he departs Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
With his contract running down and the Bundesliga champions seeking to freshen up an aging squad, the French winger will become a free agent next summer.<\/p>\n
Ribery will be 36 by the time he reaches that point and will have spent 12 years at the Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n He claims to still be enjoying his football, which suggests that he will be looking for another club, but no call has been made as yet regarding his next move.<\/p>\n Ribery, who played 71 minutes for Bayern in their thrilling 3-3 draw with Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday, told Goal and Sport1<\/em> when quizzed on his future: \u201cI have no idea yet, I want to play until my body says it’s enough.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you have had such a long career like me, you were a professional for almost 16 years, 12 of them at Bayern, then it is not the question of whether I still like to play football.<\/p>\n \u201cI have always given 100 per cent, power and performance.<\/p>\n \u201cI always respected this jersey. I will never forget what the club and the fans did for me. That’s hard, but that’s life in football. We have to wait and see.<\/p>\n \u201cMany people ask me about my situation for next season. But I do not want to think about that too much.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m feeling good and will be 36 in a few months. Thank God I’ve had few injuries this season and played almost every game.\u00a0That’s nice.\u00a0We do not have to worry so much about the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ribery will be followed through the Bayern exit door\u00a0next summer by fellow long-serving winger Arjen Robben.<\/p>\n Bidding farewell to two iconic figures will be tough for Bayern, with the pair having played leading roles in an era of unrivalled domestic dominance.<\/p>\n Those who are set to be left behind will remember them fondly, with David Alaba hoping that 2019 does not bring the curtain down on two memorable careers.<\/p>\n Discussing\u00a0Ribery\u2019s impending departure, he said: “It’s still a long way to summer, and that’s something Bayern has to decide on, as well as Franck, depending on how he feels.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can see that he is still fit and works hard on himself and is still a very important player for us.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The vastly-experienced French winger is set to become a free agent next summer, but he has given little thought at present to his next move Franck Ribery is yet to make a decision on what his future will hold once he departs Bayern Munich. With his contract running down and the Bundesliga champions seeking to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n