Karim Benzema formalized his departure from Real Madrid in recent hours. The Ballon d’Or will sign a two-year contract with Saudi club Al-Ittihad.
Real Madrid will have to mourn the departure of Karim Benzema. The French striker has decided to leave the merengue club to join Saudi Arabia and Al-Ittihad. At the club since 2009, Benzema will inevitably leave a void. If his departure had been in the pipeline for a few days, the announcement was brutal. Especially since a vagueness reigned around the veracity of the information sending him to Saudi Arabia. This Sunday at the Santiago-Bernabéu for his last game at Real Madrid against Bilbao, the fans couldn’t really prepare things to celebrate his departure and his fabulous career in Madrid. For Frédéric Hermel, this can be easily understood.
Benzema, the fans are victims
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On the antennaRMCthe journalist has indeed given his opinion on the conditions for the departure of the French Ballon d’Or. “People weren’t prepared. In addition a few hours before, he received an award and said that the reality was not internet. He swept everything away with the back of his hand. A lot of people were convinced that he would leave, but in a year. (…) Either Karim hesitated, or he didn’t tell the truth… or both. (…) I hope we will hear it, the Madrid people need the words of Benzema. People did not expect it, hence this farewell. Benzema, I’m not going to say he missed his outing but given what he is, it would have deserved more preparation for a better outing. He should have waited another year. There, everyone knows that Real Madrid want a 9 so the prices will go up », in particular indicated Frédéric Hermel, who hopes that Karim Benzema will soon make things clear to make everyone agree at Real Madrid among his fans. It could happen soon, with KB9 already promising to speak out after what happened to him in Qatar at the last World Cup.
