Police in Ribery transfer investigation

Tuesday 06 October 2009 10:24 BST

The investigation relates to Ribery's move from Galatasaray to Marseille (GETTY IMAGES)

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Police searched the headquarters of French soccer team Olympique Marseille yesterday and seized documents relating to Franck Ribery's transfer from Galatasaray to OM in 2005, a police source told Reuters today.

Marseille prosecutors launched an investigation last year after Ribery's agent filed a complaint against the player and Marseille for alleged irregularities related to Ribery's transfer from the Turkish side.

France forward Ribery left OM for Bayern Munich in 2007.

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