Real Madrid legend Karim Benzema is back at the club, as evidenced by the transfer market Fabrizio Romano, who cited anonymous sources.
The Frenchman spent 14 successful years at the Bernabeu, where he won five Champions Leagues and football’s individual award, the Ballon d’Or.
Benzema will renew his contract in the Spanish capital in 2023, before making a strong showing in Saudi Arabia, where he now practices his industry in Al-Ittihad.
There have been reports that Benzema was absent at the beginning of the year, but he still continued the Saudi Pro League season that ends at the end of the month.
A week after his former club drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Romano announced that Benzema “is back at Real Madrid’s educational ground, Valdebebas, to undergo additional tests and treat his illness. “injury. “
The Italian added that Al-Ittihad were “grateful” to Madrid for “dealing with Benzema’s injury”.
Details on the extent of Benzema’s transfer have yet to be made public, and he has managed to maintain compatibility since December, when he missed three games in the Middle East due to a back injury.
Either way, a brief return to Madrid will allow Benzema to reconnect with his former teammates and former coach Carlo Ancelotti, who did need Benzema to leave almost a year ago.
Benzema’s departure left Madrid in ninth place for the first time in their history.
In his absence, attacking midfielder Jude Bellingham has become a false number ‘9’ thanks to Ancelotti and has surpassed Spain’s Pichichi ranking as La Liga’s top smart goalscorer for most of the current 2023/2024 campaign.
Next season, Benzema’s compatriot Kylian Mbappe will most likely wear the jersey.
Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain that he will leave when his contract expires on June 30, and while he is expected to return to Madrid again, there has yet to be an official announcement on the matter.
Another candidate for the jersey is Palmeiras’ Endrick, whose move on a deal that could be worth more than $60 million was demonstrated while Benzema was still in Madrid at the end of 2022.