Official: Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid
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His second wind after Ronaldo left places him in a different tier for me. Excellent player. Still remember him scoring against us for Lyon (they had a good side back then)
He will outscore Ronaldo so massively that the latter will probably quit.
Whoever wants Kane this season will need to bring Levy the Brinks truck. Forget getting him for 50M.
Surprised anybody thinks Kane will go to Madrid. All he has as a legacy is breaking the PL record which he won't need many more seasons to do. He'll sooner stay at tottenham then leave next season for free.
Let's reunite the boys at Old Trafford. The Last Dance.
Middle East doesn’t have a culture of football?
Bad news for us. The prices for strikers just went up now Real Madrid are in the mix and looking for a replacement
I'm sure we won't get Oshimen, I feel he doesn't want to join us and he is pricey. Maybe Real can lure Oshimen instead of Kane, so we'll have a chance for Kane, although he will be expensive as well including the Man United tax, English rival aka Levy tax and English player tax. Kane's profile suits us better than the likes of Oshimen (and Ramos, Vlahovic) anyway.
I'm sure we won't get Oshimen, I feel he doesn't want to join us and he is pricey. Maybe Real can lure Oshimen instead of Kane, so we'll have a chance for Kane, although he will be expensive as well including the Man United tax, English rival aka Levy tax and English player tax. Kane's profile suits us better than the likes of Oshimen (and Ramos, Vlahovic) anyway.
Kind of a disaster for Real Madrid, IMO.
A big reason why we've stayed competitive the last years is because Benzema remained really good into his old age. I think the club took that for granted and now he's gone and there is literally not a single striker in the squad.
A big reason why we've stayed competitive the last years is because Benzema remained really good into his old age. I think the club took that for granted and now he's gone and there is literally not a single striker in the squad.
I had to laugh at that part.
KSA > Messi/Argentina
I think it is maximum £70m for Madrid and minimum £120m for United who Levy perceives as rivals.
I'm not sure about that. Levy has a point of reference when dealing with Madrid, they bought Hazard in similar circumstances for 100m plus bonuses. I don't see him demanding any less than that.
No.
There goes Ronaldo's hope of winning the Saudi League ever. Hamdallah + Benzema, he has no chance
Benzerevenge.
Still, we’d be requested to pay much more. If it’s £100m for Madrid then it’s £150m for us.
What a turn of event. Thought he is going to extend 1 more year.
If he moves to Real Madrid he would have finally won something. I mean, he has never won a single trophy in his whole career.
So that would be 4 millions per week, or 16 millions per month. Just a bit more than average Joe made.
Can we tempt him with our "history" and "instagram followers" ??
One of my favorite strikers of the last 20 years. I don't usually envy Madrid players because we play very different brands of football. However, he and Modric would have been perfect Barca players.
Would he? Of course, it is easier to win in Madrid, but you never know if there's a barren spell around the corner even for them.
I've always thought it was a blessing that Pep never got his hands on him. City were linked with him a couple of seasons ago. Would've been absolutely terrible for us and the league.
Real Madrid cuts ties with legends at the right time.
We play washed up keepers that cost us cups.
We play washed up keepers that cost us cups.
Great player. Horrible guy off the pitch. Yet he seems to never get any criticism for his terrible behaviour.
Can’t see Lane wanting to go abroad as he seems to want shearers record. Wouldn’t be surprised if Madrid got someone like Lukaku on loan for a year before targeting Haaland.
Saudi clubs aren't really packing out stadiums to be fair.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/saudi-pro-league/besucherzahlen/wettbewerb/SA1/plus/?saison_id=2022
Barring Al-Ittihad League One compares favourably.
Maybe Madrid will focus on Mount instead as they see a young Zidane in him..
But where else could he move to guarantee better chance of trophy though?
Maybe. Their CL dominance is likely over and they've won 2 titles in 10 years.
Wasn't the issue in China that the government stepped in and massively limited the money that could be spent? Saudi Arabia is very unlikely to have that issue, its the government that's pushing this
Surely they will only have eyes for Mbappe. Wouldn’t be surprised either if they somehow managed Bellingham and Mbappe in this window.
Yeah honestly made no sense for the Chinese to do so because all the money went to the marquee players instead of youth development and so on. It ended up being awash with corrupt money, too, hence it was clamped down.
I don't see how it'll be any different for the Saudis - although they do have the desire to be seen as the new entertainment / business hub of the region.
Let's reunite the boys at Old Trafford. The Last Dance.
Something makes me horny thinking that we could refer to Real Madrid as our 'feeder club'.
It's a fair weather project, China was a growth machine and wanted to project their power with football. Things got tough economically so yes they pulled the plug.
Saudi rely on oil, a global recession, much lower price, possibly similar happens. Can't justify spending hundreds of millions on football in such an environment.
Didn't Qatar spend 200 billion on the world cup? I think Saudi Arabia will be OK funding their league for a while
I think it's crazy to imagine that Kane would leave England when he's only 48 goals away from breaking Shearer's record.
I could see Madrid being a good place for Julian Alvarez. He's too good to remain a squad rotation player at City and he'd probably do well in the Madrid team.
I could see Madrid being a good place for Julian Alvarez. He's too good to remain a squad rotation player at City and he'd probably do well in the Madrid team.
Or the one buying off their older players who are past their best and giving them crazy wages.
What a signing he was for Real,gutted we couldn’t get him from Lyon that time.
What an unbelievable career at Madrid. He seemed to get better and better- year after year! To think we were very close to getting him at one point!
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