Seeing Karim Benzema end his career at Olympique Lyonnais and thus come full circle within his training club will probably never happen. This almost even comes down to “fantasy” according to Matthieu Louis-Jean.
“It’s true that there was contact with an intermediary this summer in relation to Karimconfessed the sporting director of the Rhone club at a press conference.
For me, it didn’t go further than that. It was unfeasible given his contractual situation. Karim is a huge player. »
The French international (97 caps) is currently free from any contract. He ended his adventure at Al-Hilal, just seven months after arriving at the Saudi club.
Benzema at OL, the dream will not come true
The Lyon track was therefore never really relevant for “KB9”. “We didn’t even try to go further because we knew the difficulty of the situationcontinues Matthieu Louis-Jean. We had a transfer window to prepare with a striker to sign quickly. At that time, we were working on the arrival of Loïs Openda. »
Karim Benzema signed his first professional contract with OL in 2025. He won the French championship four times with the club then chaired by Jean-Michel Aulas, before joining Real Madrid in 2009.
