In an interview with the French outlet L'équipe, the 41-year-old revealed that a routine operation on his knee in his last season led him to almost lost his leg due to a carnivorous infection.
Ribery said: “My knee hurt more and more. I no longer trained between competitions, but rather recovered to protect myself.
“I went under the knife in Austria. The operation went well with a sign inside. But almost five months later I had a bad infection.
“They removed the plate, but the infection had eaten me. It was so bad that I had holes in my leg. I had stahylococcus aureus.
“I was in first aid in the first aid in the hospital in Austria. I was really scared. They could have cut my leg.”
The ex-Winger retired in 2022 and ended his career with trophy loading in the Serie A with Salernitana.
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