The Hague (AFP) – Dutch football great Arjen Robben announced his retirement from his youth club FC Groningen on Thursday, ending an illustrious career spanning two decades. Considered to be one of the best wingers of his generation, Robben rejoined FC Groningen last year after stints that saw him win accolades at Chelsea, Real Madrid […]

Berlin (Germany) (AFP) – Veteran wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben will sign one-year contract extensions to stay at Bayern Munich for the 2018/19 season, according to reports on Thursday. German magazines Sport Bild and Kicker claim the pair, who were both out of contract in June, have already agreed terms with the Bundesliga champions. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Franck Ribery is back from a five-week injury lay off and will be on the bench for Bayern Bundesliga game with Hamburg this weekend, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday. The charismatic 33-year-old French winger tore thigh muscles in training in January. "He's ready, I think we'll start him on the bench," […]

Berlin (AFP) – Evergreen Arjen Robben says Bayern Munich must raise their game for Wednesday's key Champions League clash against Arsenal with time running out for him to again lift the European trophy.  The 33-year-old scored Bayern's winning goal in the 2013 final at Wembley to seal the 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. He has […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben is relishing Bayern Munich's forthcoming "week of truth" when they host Arsenal in the Champions League with the German champions currently struggling for form. Bayern scrapped into the quarter-finals of the German Cup on Tuesday with a 1-0 win at home to Wolfsburg, thanks to Douglas Costa's first-half goal and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben says Bayern Munich have the quality to repeat their 2013 triple of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup titles, but admits the Bavarian giants need to improve. Bayern, who play Werder Bremen away on Saturday, are three points clear in Germany's top flight and face Arsenal next month in the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben will miss Bayern Munich's final warm-up for the restart of the Bundesliga season with a cold keeping the 32-year-old Dutch winger out of Saturday's four-team mini tournament in Duesseldorf. Bayern's opening Bundesliga fixture of 2017 is at mid-table Freiburg next Friday. The German league leaders will also be without Germany […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben is expected to be fit for Saturday's Bundesliga showdown with Borussia Dortmund after an injury suffered playing for the Netherlands turned out to be less serious than feared. Robben, 32, came off at half-time in the Netherlands' 3-1 win in Luxembourg in a World Cup qualifier on […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti dismissed Arjen Robben's sideline spat as just something "from the media" after the Dutchman was substituted in the Bundesliga leaders' 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim. Bayern were denied a sixth straight win on Saturday by third-placed Hoffenheim, who preserved their unbeaten record this season under coach Julian Nagelsmann, […]

Eindhoven (Netherlands) (AFP) – Arjen Robben says Bayern Munich's performances must improve as Robert Lewandowski's two goals rescued a 2-1 come-back win at PSV Eindhoven to put them in the Champions League's knock-out phase. With two games still to play, Bayern are guaranteed a place in the top two in Group D following Tuesday's result […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben is relishing his return to PSV Eindhoven, 14 years after his Champions League debut, with Bayern Munich hunting a win to take them closer to the knock-out stages. Eindhoven host Bayern at PSV's Philips Stadium on Tuesday.  Robben, 32, was outstanding in Bayern's 3-1 win at Augsburg on Saturday as […]