Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has come out and spoke about the relationship he had with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal calling him “a bad man.”
Ribery played for van Gaal when the Dutchman was in charge of the German giants during the 2009/2010 season in which the Bavarians won the Bundesliga title as well as Germanys domestic cup competition.
While speaking to football website GOAL Ribery said that he never felt comfortable playing for the Dutchman saying: “We had problems on a human basis. When he started, nobody knew what was going to happen.
“His idea was that he did not care about names at all, you don’t need stars, everybody had to prove themselves again.
“The first contact with him was already poisoned. As a professional you lose your trust. He does great things on the pitch but the coach Van Gaal was a bad man. Our relationship was crushed.”
Ribery also revealed that he almost left the Allianz Arena because of LVG and Chelsea and Manchester City were both after him at the time.
He added: “It was a burden. Many clubs tried to persuade me to change: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Chelsea, and Manchester City. You start to think. I made up my mind about where my future should lie. I think that this is human.”
