A few years ago, PSG and Laurent Blanc dreamed of signing Cristiano Ronaldo. Karim Benzema was then targeted to then attract the Portuguese star.
If the trends of recent months send Kylian Mbappé to the side of Real Madrid after leaving PSG, there was a time when Karim Benzema could have gone the opposite way. Considered one of the best strikers in the world in recent seasons and accompanied by a list of trophies, the French international was of particular interest to the capital club around 2015/2016.
At that time, Laurent Blanc’s PSG (2013-2016) began to dream of attracting a planetary star, in addition to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. If the French technician wanted to lead Cristiano Ronaldo, the club of the capital multiplied the approaches to the clan of the Portuguese. Without real success. The leaders of the capital, according to Le Parisien, then thought of a double blow: to recruit Karim Benzema to attract CR7 then, those who shone together in Spain and whose agreement has always been in good shape.
Born and trained in Lyon, and having little popularity in France due to extra-sporting affairs, we can assume that these are some of his reasons, Karim Benzema never joined Paris. Neither does Cristiano Ronaldo. Nevertheless, PSG offered themselves their much-desired planetary star in 2017, Laurent Blanc was already gone, by skipping Neymar’s €222m clause at FC Barcelona and signing a second future star in the person of Kylian. Mbappe.
If they could have combined together at PSG and if they could do it next season at Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema have been doing it for some time in the jersey of the France team. On the other hand, this Tuesday, it is against each other that they will try to shine.
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