Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – French footballer Karim Benzema has formally joined Saudi Arabian membership Al Ittihad. The announcement was made by Al Ittihad by way of his Twitter social media account as quoted by CNBC Indonesia, Wednesday (7/6/2023).
“Welcome! Benzema,” wrote Al Ittihad.
In his first interview, Benzema expressed his emotions for Al Ittihad after leaving Actual Madrid.
“This can be a new problem for me, a brand new life, and I am unable to wait to coach. I’ll do all the things to win trophies, rating objectives, present expertise, fulfill the followers, the membership and the membership president,” he mentioned.
Benzema additionally mentioned that the Saudi Arabian League is a aggressive league. Furthermore, his former associate in Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo additionally performed in Saudi with Al Nassr.
“This can be a good league, Cristiano Ronaldo has performed earlier than, one other team-mate mentioned that the Saudis are beginning to present progress. I’m right here to win, as I did in Europe. I’m actually trying ahead to assembly you in Jeddah,” he mentioned.
It’s not but recognized how a lot wage Benzema will get. Nonetheless, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano mentioned that Benzema earned a wage of 200 million euros per season or the equal of Rp. 3.1 trillion with a contract for 3 seasons.
The information of Benzema’s transfer comes after his farewell to El Actual was held final weekend. Whereas defending Madrid within the 2009-2023 interval, Benzema efficiently made 439 appearances and scored 238 objectives.
Quite a lot of titles had been introduced to El Actual, together with 4 LALIGA titles, 5 Champions League titles and three Spanish King’s Cup trophies. The top of his profession, in fact, was when he gained the Ballon D’Or final 12 months.
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