Maximum tension. Gallardo had another conflict with Benzema and made a drastic decision against the forward

It is a relationship that seems definitively broken: according to international media reports, Marcelo Gallardo y Karim Benzema They had a very strong argument at Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia. And after the fight, the 36-year-old French player left training early. A few weeks ago, the trigger had occurred due to not obey an order from the coach, which caused the forward to leave the club for a month. Everything seemed to have returned to normal after the return of Benzema this Monday to the team, after four weeks without training with the squad. However, the player and the coach cannot resolve their differences and it seems that their bad relationship is getting deeper and deeper.

Karim Benzema had praised Gallardo when the coach took over at Al Ittihad, but the relationship is deteriorating day by day– – AFP

The Argentine coach started 2024 with very clear rules for the players and does not want to grant privileges. It is so Gallardo He did not forgive the Frenchman for his absences in the first preseason training sessions. Gallardo punished the French scorer and stood firm, making the decision for Benzema to train in isolation. At the time, the striker practiced alone in RiyadhSaudi Arabia as his team prepared for the resumption of the preseason.

The sanction for Benzema was due to not having arrived on time at the beginning of training. Meanwhile, Benzema argued that he arrived late due to a cyclone that he suffered in Mauritius, where he was on vacation. But the club took into consideration that the Frenchman was not only missing in those first days of the preseason but also in three training sessions prior to the end of the year, after the serious 5-2 defeat at the hands of Al-Nassr, the set of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Benzema took the punishments and accepted his bad behavior. “He should have returned on January 2nd. In the club they are furious for what happened and for not being able to contact him for ten days“, said the Player.

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Since the arrival of Benzema to Arab football, the former striker Real Madrid harvested 12 goals y 5 assists in 20 parties at Al-Ittihad. The punishment that Gallardo applied leaves the door open to his departure from the club.

According to reports, Benzema had already requested “temporarily” leave Al-Ittihad following the first discussions with the Argentine coach. However, Gallardo He did not give any statement. The one who gave details of Benzema’s situation is his lawyer, Hugues Vigier, who maintained that the player is not having his best moment. “Karim has had ups and downs in his sporting life and perhaps this period will be less prosperous. He got injured. He left for a few days, was away from the team because of the cyclone and returned to Saudi Arabia.”

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The lawyer also minimized the bad times that the French player is going through. “We saw him rise from the ashes. If you remember, [notarán que] He didn’t play much when he arrived at Real Madrid and then he became this absolutely essential player. It has better and worse moments. It’s like that for all athletes”Vigier said. Furthermore, it was recently known that Benzema is not on the squad list Al-Ittihad for this Wednesday’s duel, against Al-Ta’ee for the Saudi Pro League.

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