The Saudi Arabia ministry of sport announced on Monday that the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) would take control of four teams in the Saudi Pro League - including Al Ittihad.
He won his first Ballon d’Or last year and has lifted 24 trophies during his time at the club, including four La Liga titles and five Champions League trophies.īenzema scored a career-best 44 goals in 46 appearances to lead Real to a La Liga-Champions League double last season, and netted 43 goals in the 2022-23 campaign. Madrid have not stood in Benzema’s way in seeking a move from the Santiago Bernabeu, despite having renewed his contract until June 2024 earlier this year.īenzema’s Madrid team-mates knew he had been tempted by the offer from Saudi Arabia for several weeks and he has also asked one of the club’s physios to join him there.īenzema joined from Lyon for an initial £30million in 2009 and is Madrid’s second top scorer of all-time with 354 goals in 648 games - behind only Ronaldo who has 450 goals in 438 appearances. But sometimes there are other opportunities.” “I had a dream in my head, to sign for Madrid and to end up at Madrid. But I think it’s time for me to leave and see another story.
I’m never going to forget Real Madrid because it’s impossible, it’s the best club in the world in history. He said: “I’ve been lucky enough to make my childhood dream come true. The former France international took part in a farewell ceremony on Tuesday, two days after scoring his final goal for Real Madrid in Sunday’s season-concluding 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao. “It’s done,” a source involved told /L6nI5g3Xjl He arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel at 5.07pm. 🎼 الحظ الليلة كريم #Benzema2Ittihad #here2inspireKSA /YvsWFzebXFīenzema had a meeting yesterday to finalise his move to Al-Ittihad with Anmar Al-Haili and Ahmed Kaaki, president and vice-president of his next club. Real Madrid confirmed the forward’s departure on Sunday, saying he had “earned the right to decide his future”.īenzema met Al Ittihad club president Anmar Al-Haili and vice-president Ahmed Kaaki during a key meeting at a central Madrid hotel - as witnessed by The Athletic - to finalise the proposed transfer.īenzema, accompanied by several members of his entourage, arrived just after 5pm to hold talks that lasted just under an hour and a half. The Athletic reported last week that Benzema, 35, had decided to leave Real Madrid after receiving a lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia.
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