<i>Bayern dearer than France</i>

Winger Franck Ribery has said his Bundesliga club Bayern Munich is more important to him than the French national team ahead of Wednesday's international friendly against Italy.
“I have been at Bayern for six years. Here it is always good, here I am happy and here it's fun. That is more important for me than the national team."
Ribery has courted controversy during his time at Bayern after it emerged in 2010 he had had sex with an under-age French prostitute in a scandal which involved other members of the France team.
The former Marseille star has been in superb recent form for Munich, but admitted the German league leaders were jaded in Saturday's league win over Frankfurt.