Source: Xinhua

05-06-2009 08:25

LONDON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United have offered Bayern Munich 70 million euros for French midfielder Franck Ribery, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday.

Barcelona's Dani Alves (L) challenges Bayern Munich's Franck  Ribery during their Champions League quarter-final, first leg  soccer match at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona April 8, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The offer, which would better the 66 million euros transfer fee paid by Real Madrid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001, would be conditional on the sale of United winger Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, it said.

The report came after Ribery last week threatened to quit the German giants unless they qualify for the Champions League next season, as the defending Bundesliga champions struggle to defend their title.

The German club, which has long ruled out letting Ribery go, last weekend hinted it could sell the 26-year-old former Marseillestar, who has been at Bayern since July 2007.

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