Bayern's Jupp Heynckes emphasises that the club has had 'no contact' with Chelsea over a possible move for Arturo Vidal. David Alaba says Bayern Munich are focused on preparing for the second half of the season as the possibility of a treble looms. Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller says Germany will benefit at the World Cup from a winter break in the Bundesliga.
Franck Ribery has told Canal+ that he still feels cheated out of the 2013 Ballon d'Or it was "an injustice" that he did not receive the award.
The 34-year-old, had played a central role in Bayern Munich's Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League Treble of that year, and was on the three-man shortlist for the honour with Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.
Five years on, the French forward's disappointment remains raw, and he believes his own compatriots played a negative role.
"It was a difficult period, it was incomprehensible," he said in an interview with former international teammate Olivier Dacourt. "I had won every trophy, I couldn't have done more. For me, it was like a robbery, an injustice.
"I didn't have my whole country behind me. I saw with my own eyes French people who wanted Cristiano to win. Did the Portuguese want Ribery or Messi to win? Impossible. Do you think in Argentina they wanted Ribery or Ronaldo to win? Impossible."