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Asked about the rumours linking Bayern Munich wing attacker and French international Franck Ribéry (25) with several European top clubs among which Barcelona (read more here), Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has said in an interview with German television channel Premiere that a transfer is not impossible:

"Of course I prefer to keep Ribéry for many more years. And Bayern will do everything to make that happen. But at the same time the player only has a contract until 2011 and he even could move sooner.

The players are more powerfull than the clubs in modern football. Clubs cannot keep a player against his will because in the end the players always win those disputes. So if he really wants to join Real Madrid or another team, we will have to let him go."

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