Karim Benze-nah
Karim Benzema is not going to be leaving Al-Ittihad, regardless of an obvious want from the participant to give up his Saudi Arabia journey.
Manchester United and Chelsea have been linked with a shock curiosity within the former Ballon d’Or winner, with the striker’s late return from his winter break fuelling the hearth over a attainable exit.
However talkSPORT’s Saudi correspondent Ben Jacobs has poured chilly water on these stories and defined why he could also be pressured to remain within the Center East.
“With Benzema, the understanding is that as a consequence of a cyclone he acquired trapped in Mauritius and was late, and in consequence shouldn’t be going to be a part of the Al-Ittihad’s coaching camp in Dubai,” Jacobs stated.
“That is led naturally to this sense, may he have gotten again [if he really wanted to], does he need to come again? And everytime you hear this smoke, there may be hearth, and meaning – very similar to with Jordan Henderson – perhaps the participant is choices.
“However the actuality is Al-Ittihad do not need to lose Benzema. The Man United hyperlinks do not have an excessive amount of to them and we have heard of stories of Chelsea curiosity as properly, however the actuality of the state of affairs is there are not any provides for the participant but.
“It would not shock me if Al-Ittihad and the broader Saudi deal-makers cease this from occurring so far as a Benzema departure.
“If he turns into the poster boy for Saudi league exits and perceived failure, then the optics of that aren’t a great look.”
