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The Benzema Affair

Al Ittihad expect Karim Benzema's final answer very soon. The official proposal is understood to be close to ?100m per season plus benefits. ??

Real Madrid are waiting for Karim to make his decision soon, as he told Florentino Pérez about the bid in the last 24h. pic.twitter.com/fKijxIj2bN? Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 31, 2023

Karim?s hesitance has put the club?s summer in peril. This is not to say Karim does not deserve to choose how to end his career but he should be have been clear much earlier so that the club could sooner make means to mitigate the situation of his departure as was done with Sergio Ramos. Why would the club sell youngsters and keep experienced players"
Well, four score and..Lol. Let?s start with Hakimi. Young prodigious talent. Sold off to keep LV, Odriozola and Carvajal. Theo was sold and we had Marcelo and Nacho as LBs. Odegaard also comes to mind.

Then there?s other Castilla graduates who have been moved on to balance the books and granted they?ve not all set the world alight but the club wouldn?t be bothered about moving them on regardless.

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