FIFA rejects Marseille claim
Afp, Marseille
World football's governing body FIFA has rejected requests by Turkish club Galatasaray for 10-million-euros compensation after French international midfielder Franck Ribery left them, his club Marseille said in a statement on Thursday.In June 2005, Galatasaray requested that Ribery should return, denying he had not been paid for three months by the Istanbul club. Galatasaray had signed Ribery in January 2005 for three and a half years from French first division club Metz but joined Marseille in June, when he was still just an under-21 international, on a four-year contract. Marseille said in a statement: "In the litigation concerning Franck Ribery and Marseille with Galatasaray, FIFA have told us today of its ruling in favour of Marseille and totally rejects compensation claims by the Turkish club."
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