In the midst of the many rumors that have emerged in recent days about the possible departure of Karim Benzema from Real Madrid to soccer in Saudi Arabia, where he has made an astronomical offer, the Frenchman has decided to honor his contract with the Spanish team because You want to go out the front door.
As reported this Thursday by the newspaper ‘Marca’, the striker and captain of the ‘Merengue’ team decided not to accept the offer for two seasons and $200 million dollars that Al Ittihad made him since he feels happy in Spain and wants to continue in soccer elite.
Benzema received this Thursday the ‘Marca Leyenda’ award, given by the outlet of the same name in recognition of the career of the French player who is currently Madrid’s second top scorer, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo.
After the event, ‘El Gato’ offered some statements in which he showed his commitment to the Santiago Bernabéu club. “Answer questions about my future? What future? I am at Real Madrid. What is said on the internet is not reality, ”he said.
It should be remembered that in Spain there had been talk that the captain of Real Madrid was going to announce his departure from the Madrid team this Thursday after 14 seasons in which he won all possible titles, however, this never happened and contrary to it, Everything seems to indicate that he will stay for at least one more season.
According to the aforementioned newspaper, Benzema expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabian football for the great interest they showed in him, and let it be known that if the offer continues when his contract in Spain ends next year, he might be willing to give a ” yes” as an answer.
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