article_snippet.sent: had a proposed move to the Bernabeu in 2009 gone through.
article_snippet.sent: I had intensive talks with Uli Hoeness, who was still president back then, and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,' French winger Franck Ribery told Goal. '
article_snippet.sent: They told me I should not go, how the club needed me
article_snippet.sent: , how I was as important for Bayern Munich as Lionel Messi was for Barcelona. '
article_snippet.sent: Real tried, They wanted me.
article_snippet.sent: I don't know Bayern Munich Bayern Munich wanted They to pay.
article_snippet.sent: In the end I am happy how it ended.'