The Frenchman has decided to accept Saudi Arabia’s offer and will end his career playing for Real Madrid after 14 seasons.
No one saw it coming, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s reality. Karim Benzema will play his last game as a footballer on Sunday RealMadrid. The Frenchman, the current captain of the team, leaves the white team after 14 seasons and signs for the Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia.
The entity has announced it through a Edition. The player who came over from Olympique de Lyon in 2009 was Cristiano Ronaldo’s best partner until the Portuguese left in 2018. There Benzema took on the role of leader of the Madrid attack and although not many imagined it, he became a much more decisive and much deadlier player In the area.
Benzema says goodbye to Real Madrid as one of the most important players in the history of the Madrid club. As a striker, he managed to amaze the world with his quality without neglecting the statistics. Benzema leaves the white club as the second highest scorer in history (353 goals), He fifth footballer with the most caps and the first foreigner (647, which will be 648 if he plays on Sunday) and the footballer with the most titles tied with Marcelo (25).
Some enviable figures that will make anyone who looks back giddy and who appreciates everything he has achieved at Real Madrid. His last season wasn’t the best, though the madridistas stay with the previous one in which he was the most decisive player in the world, Real Madrid helped win La Liga and the Champions League, earning him the Ballon d’Or.
Benzema is now heading to Saudi Arabia to try one last football experience in a country that intends to use its image to achieve the goal: the 2030 World Cup. They signed Cristiano Ronaldo, they have now managed to sign Benzema and everything points to Messi will be next.
This Tuesday, June 6 at noon, an event will take place at Real Madrid City that will serve as a tribute and farewell to Karim Benzema, in the presence of Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez.
Source: Goal