Ex-German international and current TV pundit Günter Netzer has hailed Franck Ribéry as the greatest star in the Bundesliga.
The Frenchman was already highly regarded internationally thanks to his displays at the 2006 World Cup and has taken to the Bundesliga like a duck to water following his big money move from Marseille to Bayern.
Ribéry's displays for the Rekordmeister have left former Borussia Mönchengladbach and Real Madrid star Netzer in no doubt as to his superiority.
"Ribéry embodies the pure love of the game," Netzer wrote in Bild of the Frenchman's tricks and skill. "You can see he's enjoying almost every second of the action, he's a spectacle to behold.
"But that alone would only be good enough for a football circus," he continued. "But no, this Ribéry fellow has got that all important quality for football - he's effective. He wants to get into the box, he keeps an eye out for team mates and he wants to score goals. This mixture of effectiveness and skill makes Ribéry a wonderful football artist. I'll be honest - I didn't expect it," Netzer added of Ribéry's instant success in Germany.
The left-sided midfielder netted again at the weekend as Bayern beat Karlsruhe 2-0 and stretched their lead at the top to seven points.
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