French footballer Franck Ribery has retired from international football.
“I want to focus on my family and concentrate on my work at Bayern Munich and make way in the national team for the many young and exciting players,” Ribery told German magazine Kicker.
Ribery who missed FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil due to injury ends his France career with 16 goals from 81 caps.
Frack Ribery has been an outstanding player in Europe in recent seasons following a £20m move from Marseille to Bayern in 2007 and he has won four Bundesliga titles and one Champions League with the German club.
Ribery was named third best footballer in the world after he was nominated for Fifa’s Ballon d’Or award alongside Lionel Messi and winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
**We will miss him in international football but all the same, we wish him Goodluck**