Chelsea are looking to step up their £20million interest
in Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery.
Sporting director Frank Arnesen and scout Rainer Bonhof were in
the crowd to watch France international Ribery play an influential
role in the German Cup Final on Saturday as Bayern beat Borussia
Dortmund 2-1 in extra time.
Ribery, 25, was outstanding, although the crucial goals came
from Luca Toni. Striker Toni, 30, a target for AC Milan, has also
crossed Arnesen's radar but Chelsea are reluctant to recruit
players who are 30 and over.
Ribery is on Roman Abramovich's summer hitlist as he looks to
give around £100m to whoever is in charge come the start of the
season.
Arsenal showed interest in the former Marseille winger last year
but Bayern paid £20m to make him their record signing. He has been
a big success and incoming coach Jurgen Klinsmann has said he wants
him to stay.
