The rumor of an interest from Olympique Lyonnais in Karim Benzema caused the Rhone club to react.
The soap opera relating to the situation of Karim Benzema on the side of Al-Ittihad continues to be talked about. Sunday, Fabrizio Romano announced during a live broadcast on social networks that the 2022 Ballon d’Or was in the sights of Olympique Lyonnais. On Monday, the Italian journalist added another layer by indicating that John Textor himself had been looking for a solution since December to bring back the former OL nugget. But on his side, The Team had a totally different feedback on the subject.
Present Monday evening on the channel’s set The Team, Hugo Guillemet took stock. An OL specialist, the journalist summarized his discussions with Lyon and Karim Benzema’s entourage. And the whole thing moves very clearly away from the assertions of his transalpine colleague. “ Today (Monday), I looked into it again, because it was out everywhere. The response to OL is: ‘Stop, we don’t have time for this bullshit’. And the response from the player’s side was that that’s not true at all. The thing is that (John) Textor was never in contact with Karim Benzema, and he was never even in contact with anyone close to Karim Benzema. »
Pure fantasy
For Hugo Guillemet, and according to the information he was able to collect, there is currently no chance of seeing Karim Benzema return to play for Olympique Lyonnais. What’s more, because the French striker earns a salary that is completely out of reach for the Rhone club. “ Benzema has a contract worth 200 million euros. This is OL’s annual budget. That is to say that with his salary, he can keep OL running for a year. » The hypothesis of a comeback of “KB9” in Lyon should therefore only remain at the stage of pure fantasy.
