This Thursday the state television channel of Saudi Arabia assured that the French attacker Karim Benzema accepted a record offer from the Al Ittihad team.
This further increases the rumors that have emerged in recent days regarding the departure of Benzema from Real Madrid.
“He is a few steps away from signing a contract,” a source from the Saudi state channel Al Ejbariya said of Benzema.
They stressed that the team will make a “record transfer” to the player, who has a contract with the merengue team until the end of June.
The channel did not provide further details regarding the agreement or the alleged contract of the Frenchman with the Saudi Arabian team.
This information has been released the same day that Benzema himself put a stop to the rumors of his joining a Saudi club and assured that he enjoys his present every day, that “reality is not the internet” and maintains the illusion of “a child ” daily in the Real Madrid sports complex.
“At the moment I’m here, I enjoy every day, I train well and there’s a game this Sunday,” he said after receiving the Marca Leyenda. “Why am I going to talk about the future if I’m at Real Madrid? The internet speaks and reality is not the internet, ”he added.
In addition, Benzema made clear the enthusiasm with which he attends his training sessions with the white team every day.
With information from EFE.
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