Ribery to undergo groin surgery

Ribery will be relieved to see the end of a difficult season

France and Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery will undergo an operation on his groin in Munich on Friday.

The 27-year-old arrived in France with the rest of the squad on Thursday after their exit from the World Cup and then took a private plane to Germany.

The French coaching staff did not specify either the exact problem or the seriousness of the injury.

But it comes at the end of a difficult season for Ribery, who has suffered problems both on and off the pitch.

Even before France's dismal World Cup performance - in which they managed only one point and finished bottom of their group - Ribery had endured a season to forget.

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He was restricted to 10 league starts for Bayern because of a problem with his left knee and missed the Champions League final against Inter Milan through suspension after being sent off in the semi-final.

In the same month, he was implicated in a scandal surrounding an underage escort girl but also awarded a new five-year contract by his club.

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