2023-06-04 12:38:09
French Ballon d’Or Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season, after 14 seasons with the Spanish club, Real announced on Sunday.
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« Real Madrid CF and our captain Karim Benzema have agreed to end his brilliant and unforgettable period as a player for our club “Wrote Real in a press release published a few hours before the last match of the season in the Spanish Championship.
Arrived in 2009 at Real Madrid from Lyon, Benzema at the age of 35 leaves an indelible mark within the Madrid club, with 25 titles including five Champions Leagues. His last European coronation, in 2022, opened the doors to the Ballon d’Or, the first for a French player since Zinédine Zidane in 1998. He failed this season in the C1 semi-final against Manchester City.
Second top scorer in club history
The number 9, long remained in the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo during the Madrid years of the Portuguese, took control of the offensive game of Real once CR7 left, in 2018. He is currently, behind his former teammate, the second top scorer in club history, with 353 goals.
« Karim Benzema’s career at Real Madrid was an example of behavior and professionalism, he who perfectly represented the values of our club. Karim Benzema has won the right to decide his future “Explains Real in its press release, suggesting that Benzema has decided himself not to extend his contract.
His name has been linked for several days to Saudi Arabia, which would promise him a golden bridge to end his career there. “ Why should I talk about my future? I am in Madrid. Those who talk do it on the Internet, and the reality is not the Internet “, retorted Benzema Thursday evening during a ceremony in tribute to his career organized by the Spanish sports daily Marca.
Only three days after this outing, the striker’s future is partly decided: he will not write to Madrid. Real announced the holding Tuesday at noon of a tribute to its player, in the presence of the president of the club Florentino Perez.
(With AFP)
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