Franck Ribery recounted the anecdote he had with David Alaba during his stay at Bayern Munich!
The French footballer was one of the best players in the world at the time.
He received an astronomical salary at Bayern and could afford anything he wanted. This was exactly the problem of many young players who were fascinated by the material status of their colleagues and often forgot about the field.
Alaba escaped such a fate thanks to Ribery.
According to the Frenchman, that happened when the current Real stopper came to visit him.
– Alaba was 16 years old and I invited him to my home. He saw my Ferrari and an expensive watch. I got angry and told him not to watch them – said Ribery, so he continued.
– I told him that he just needs to think about how to progress on the field. That the rest will come. David did it and now he is grateful to me – the Salernitana player concluded.
This turned out to be a great life lesson if we take into account that Alaba is one of the best defenders in the world today. He won everything he could with Bayern, and he is currently at Real, where he earns 20,000,000 euros a year!
It is no secret that the stopper of the “Royal Club” and Ribery have remained in excellent relations to this day, as evidenced by the fact that they have done a good part of the preparations for this season together.
