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Uli Hoeneß on the importance of Franck Ribéry:

“The team looks for Franck a lot, because they know something will happen when he’s on the ball. We’ll need some balance soon, more play down the right and through the middle. But we mustn’t complain as long as he keeps it up. His pace with the ball at his feet is incredible. He’s going at top speed, but he can still accelerate and keep control of the ball. And not just a couple of times per half, it’s six, seven or eight times. The others work very hard for him, because we don’t expect him to defend much. Franck benefits from our willingness to support him.“

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Uli Hoeneß on Ribéry’s future, given his contract with FCB until 2011:

“The oil magnates can try what they want but we won’t sell the player. It doesn’t even come into question.“