Continent of Europe is considered as the pilgrimage place of club football. However, the football powerhouse of Asia wants to be ace Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is playing for Saudi club Al Nasr. Lionel Messi has received an incredible offer. This time, Real Madrid's star Karim Benzema has received an offer from a Saudi club.
Karim Benzema is the top scorer in La Liga this season for Real Madrid. Despite battling injuries for much of the season, the 35-year-old Frenchman is La Liga's second-highest goalscorer this season with 17 goals. However, considering age and fitness, his career in Real Madrid is slowly increasing.
Benzema's current contract with Real expires at the end of this season. However, his agreement with the club for one more season was reported earlier by various media. The latest news says that there is nothing surprising if Benzema leaves Real at the end of the season.
Last year's Ballon d'Or-winning star has received a huge offer from Saudi Arabia. If this proposal is accepted, Benzema will play in Saudi Arabia for the next two seasons as well as the dream of hosting the 2030 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Madrid-based media AS reported, 'A club in Saudi Arabia has offered 400 million euros to this French star of Real Madrid for two years. In Bangladeshi taka which is more than 4 thousand 606 crore 80 lakh taka. Which is roughly the same amount as his former teammate Ronaldo's contract at Real Madrid on an annual basis.
Al Nasr earns Ronaldo 200 million euros per year as salary. Which is the highest salary record in the history of football.
One of the goals of this proposal to bring Benzema into the team is to use Benzema as its ambassador, along with Lionel Messi, for Saudi Arabia's dream of hosting the 2030 World Cup. The Middle Eastern country will launch its official bid for the FIFA World Cup centenary next month. After that, the host country of the 2030 FIFA World Cup will be decided in September 2024 through voting by the members. In the meantime, Spain-Portugal-Ukraine have joined the race to host the World Cup. They have another Arab country, Morocco, as their partner.
However, it is still uncertain whether Benzema will agree to this offer and leave Real Madrid. The possibility of signing a new one-year contract with the club cannot be ruled out. However, if he agrees to the huge money offer from Saudi, Real's last match in La Liga is going to be the last match of the club's second highest goalscorer in the all-white jersey.
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