Last winter, Cristiano Ronaldo led the way in Saudi Arabia. From now on, the local championship is the new Eldorado of world football and the stars do not stop flowing. The list is now very long and Karim Benzema is one of those players who gave in to the sirens of Saudi Arabia. It must be said that fabulous salaries would be offered. However, as far as Benzema’s emoluments are concerned, we would be very far from those announced in the media.
The soap opera Karim Benzema has caused a lot of talk in recent months. Following his Ballon d’Or, it was thought that the French would extend with the Real Madrid. At 35, KB9 had shown that he was still a very high level player and that he was important for the Merengue. Weeks have passed but no sign of the extension of Benzema. Arrived at the end of his contract, the former Lyonnais finally slammed the door, imitating Cristiano Ronaldo flying to Saudi Arabia. Karim Benzema then engaged with Al-Ittihad. With a huge contract at stake? The sum of 200M€ has been announced for his annual salary in Saudi Arabia.
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“Benzema 200M€, it was fake”
Karim Benzema did he really hit the jackpot by signing in Saudi Arabia? On his Youtube channel, Romain Molina wanted to put things right about this fake news, denouncing: “The arrival of Saudi Arabia was a bit of an absolute fantasy. Many thought they were going to recover a lot of money. Except that it’s not logical, the idea in Saudi Arabia is to pay as little transfer as possible and behind a little more salary, signing bonus. The real problem in European football has been the amounts announced. I think it’s also the fault of the media who have been exploited by certain agents, who wanted to brag. It was the fair, there are plenty of deals that have messed up. They also managed very badly in Arabia, it went all over the place and it ate everywhere. Problem, the sums announced at the beginning, Benzema 200M€, it was fake ”.
“I think it’s about 30M€ per year in salary”
“It prompted others to say to themselves: ‘Benzema is taking 200, I’m going to take 150.’ No, Benzema, he does not take €200m. I think it’s about 30M€ per year in salary. That’s all, it’s already huge. Which means that negotiations have failed, for example Lukaku who thought he was claiming sums similar to what he could hear,” added Romain Molina.
2023-08-21 03:51:23
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