Frank Ribery, the former Bayern Munich wing and France, revealed that he had almost amputated his leg at the end of his career due to post -surgery infection.
Ribery, who won nine titles in the German league, was 81 times before his country, after his 22 -year career in 2022 after a final talisman suffered injury in Salinitana.
While his career in Italy could be forgotten, she was in the first division in the Rib league team, where he passed through his most frightening ordeal.
Ribery, 41, L’quipe said After what appeared to be a routine operation on his knee in his last season, he almost lost his leg after being exposed to an infection that eats the body.
“My knee hurts more and more,” Ribery explained. “I no longer train between matches, but I was recovering to protect myself.
“I went under the knife in Austria. The process went well, with a plate inserted inside. But I had a bad infection about five months later.
“They removed the painting, but the infection was ate in my face. It was so bad that I had holes in my legs. I contracted with the staphic pawns.
“I was in the hospital’s emergency room in Austria for 12 days. I was really afraid. They could cut my legs.”
Soon after, Ribery summoned the time in a profession that he saw as a star in Galatasaria, Marseille, Fiorentina and Bayern among other clubs, with his time in Munich the most prominent. Ribery scored 124 goals over 12 years with German giants and was part of the attack that his colleague in the stars wing Arsin Robin appeared on the opposite side.
But one moment in Bayern is still bothering the French. When he lost Ballon d’or in 2013.
Ribary was widely distinguished to win the award after Bayern led to Triple, where he provided assistance in the Champions League final, won the award for the best player in Europe and scored in the European Super Cup. but, Cristiano Ronaldo He won the award after the voting period, which was extensively extended for two weeks due to the lack of “qualified voters”.
“I had everything except for that award that year,” Riberi, who finally ranked third in the vote behind Lionel MessiHe said. “It was the perfect year; I couldn’t perform better. Ballon d’or would be always injustice.
“I am still looking for an explanation, although some have been offered to them. I will never understand why the vote is delayed in more than two weeks, when I was leading between journalists. If the vote occurred as it should, I would have won.”