He said from day 1 that Real were his dream club didn't he? Personally i'd rather have someone whos dream it is to play for Manchester United. I know he's still a good player and all but the lads had his chance i'm not sure how much faith i'd have in him now. For all we know he could sulk that his dream move never worked out.
I know Fergie has gone in for players he's missed out on before but have we been as close to signing them as we were with Benzema where they have made it clear they would rather play for someone else? I think more than anything he wants players that really want to play for this club. And what about his comments on Torres? It appears when he went to Liverpool we wern't really in for him but had been in past seasons though due to him not being too keen to sign for us he said we gave up on it and moved on so even when the chance presented itself we never made a move.
Personally I would take Higuain all day logn over Benzema. Hypothetically of course.
It would make sense that a French kid of Algerian descent would dream of playing for the club in which a French player of Algerian descent was making his mark as the best player of a generation (Zidane); Benzema would have been around twelve at the time Zizou signed for Real.
It would probably be true to state there are kids in Portugal, particularly Madeira who now adore United (and probably now Real) because Ronaldo played for us and was the best player in the world for that time he was. Same with kids in Angloa because Manucho played for us, etc etc.
Cantona grew up in love with Marseilles football club and eventually got the chance to play for his boyhood team which was a complete balls-up. Same with Fergie, a Rangers fan through and through but his time at Ibrox was disastrous.
I'm sure if given the chance, Benzema would jump at the chance of playing for United if he thought he couldn't crack it at Real. Like most others, I was personally gutted he felt compelled to 'choose' them over us. Obviously it was no secret Ronaldo was joining them and he is a big drawcard to play alongside but it hasn't transpired. I think his heart wasn't fully in it perhaps and a move to United would have been more fulfilling, especially with French team-mate Evra who is clearly the most-likeable squad member at United, whereas there are no French players at Real (aside from Diarra!), but he would have also been star-billing alongside Rooney, whereas at Real, he was never going to be anywhere near the likes of Ronaldo, Kaka and clearly not even seen favourably over an ancient Raul.
Ferguson has gone for players in the past TWICE, yes, but these players were Les Sealey and Alan Shearer, he traditionally tends to scorn players who shun United and rightly so.
For this reason and also it would seem odd Benzema not give it another year at least to try and crack his way in the team, I suspect we WON'T sign Benzema. I was surprised Owen discussing signing for another two seasons. If we were to sign Benzema, would that mean curtains for Berbatov if were to have Rooney, resign Owen, sign Benzema and recall Welbeck and Macheda to the squad?
Real might have been the star attraction for several high profile players last summer, but we will always be a massive attraction ourselves.
