While everyone saw him end his career at Real Madrid, Karim Benzema finally joined Saudi Arabia at the start of the transfer window. It was not that expensive as advertised.
Totally crazy figures have been circulating about Karim Benzema’s salary in Saudi Arabia, with some sources going so far as to announce that the former Real Madrid striker will receive the colossal sum of 200 million euros per year from Il-Ittihad. Amounts that are ultimately very far from reality. According to information from Foot Mercato, Karim Benzema will not receive such a salary in Saudi Arabia, despite the power of the Saudis.
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The specialized media affirms that the emoluments of the striker trained at Olympique Lyonnais will reach… 27.5 million euros per year. A salary well below what had been mentioned in the press in recent weeks, especially in Spain. We must nevertheless remain cautious with this figure of 27.5 million euros because this salary does not include the image rights of Karim Benzema, which will be colossal in Saudi Arabia. Note also that the duration of the contract of the former Real Madrid striker is three years with Al-Ittihad, while a two-year contract was sometimes mentioned by the Spanish press.
A salary far from 100 ME per year for Benzema
In total, it is therefore nearly 85 million euros outside of his image rights bonuses that Karim Benzema will receive for the three years he will spend in Saudi Arabia. We understand better why the “Nueve” did not manage to say no to the Saudi proposal, he who received a salary closer to 10 million euros per year at Real Madrid, where he was not part of the highest salaries. of the locker room. As crazy as it may seem given the performance of the two players on the pitch, he was, for example, behind a player like Eden Hazard in the merengue club’s salary grid during the 2022-2023 season.
