On Monday morning, Bayern Munich coach Jürgen Klinsmann was informed that he was surplus to requirements. This came as no surprise to Bundesliga fans, as Bayern had crashed to a 7th league defeat at home against Schalke on Saturday afternoon. Luckily for Bayern, however, they are still in the title race, as league leaders Wolfsburg suffered a shock defeat at the hands of lowly Energie Cottbus, whilst Hamburg lost away in Dortmund. With just five match days to go, the title race has been blown wide open: The five teams at the top are separated by just three points. And many still have to play each other.

With a series of company bosses held hostage in their offices in France recently, it would be easy for the casual observer to come to the conclusion that the relationship between the French worker and boss had become somewhat strained.

Monsieur Ribéry, however, provides a refreshing antidote in the current calamitous economic climate. Not only is he a hard worker who happens to be excellent at his job – the little Frenchman even tries his very best to save his bosses’ jobs.

Following his two goals for France to secure two 1-0 World Cup Qualifier wins and his coach’s job, Franck Ribéry set about providing some job security for his beleaguered club coach Jürgen Klinsmann.