While his club is fighting for maintenance, the former star striker of the Blues and Bayern Munich will miss the trip to Empoli on Saturday but may well be lined up for the curtain drop in front of his audience, against Udinese on May 22.

Ribéry had been excluded when he was a substitute, after a general scrum between the two teams which had followed the opening of the score of Salernitana against Cagliari (1-1).

Footage showed him grabbing an opponent by the neck and throwing them to the ground.

In addition to his suspension match, he is fined 5,000 euros, the Italian League announced.

Arrived last summer in the city of the Amalfi coast, "FR7" did not clarify his future, at 39 years old.

His club announced in January that the striker had asked to leave during the winter transfer window, before changing his mind and finally ending the season with the Grenats.

The media had mentioned the native of Boulogne-sur-mer's desire to retire, in the north of France.

The Salernitana, long red lantern, has been in full swing for a month (4 wins and 2 draws) and now has a good chance of saving itself: 17th and first non-relegation, the club remains however under threat from Cagliari, 18th at one point, and Genoa, 19th, two points.

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