While rumors continue to swirl around Karim Benzema in recent days, the French striker finally spoke on Tuesday, late in the evening.
According to AFP
,
the 2022 Golden Ball would have asked to “temporarily” leave Al-Ittihad, the Saudi club he joined last summer.
Which he formally denied to
L’Equipe
: “
It’s totally false!
The media no longer knows what to invent.
The bigger the better,
” he said.
Despite everything, Benzema would not be in the odor of sanctity in his club, where his coach Marcelo Gallardo criticizes him in particular for having been several days late for the resumption of training.
This season, he has scored twelve goals in twenty matches in the Saudi championship.
OL would have inquired about the feasibility of Benzema returning to his training club this winter.
The English club Chelsea would also be tempted.
Ballon d'Or 2022, Benzema is under contract until 2026 at Al-Ittihad, where he has been harshly criticized in recent weeks, both on and off the pitch.