Lyon have accepted an offer from Real Madrid for striker Karim Benzema.
Madrid and Manchester United have been vying for the services of the 21-year-old but Lyon continued to insist before today that the France international would remain at the Stade Gerland for another season at least.
However, Les Gones announced on their official website on Wednesday afternoon that they have accepted a fee of at least 35million euros from Madrid for the player, with performance clauses set to see that fee rise to 41million euros.
The statement on www.olweb.fr read: "Lyon announce they have reached an agreement with Real Madrid on the details of the transfer of their international attacker Karim Benzema.
"A few days ago Karim Benzema informed the club president Jean Michel Aulas of his desire to move to the Madrid club, which had always been his favourite club after Lyon, earlier than he had foreseen.
"The player wanted to seize the opportunity which Real Madrid offered him to be one of the major elements in their new ambitious project based around the greatest players of the world.
"Lyon accepted Karim Benzema's decision and negotiated the conditions of a transfer which satisfies all the different parties.
"The club wishes Karim the greatest success with Real Madrid."
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At 21 it is the wrong club to go to.But he will find that out the hard way.United would have helped develop him even more but I think that Zinedine Zidine is giving player from France the wrong advice.He Zidine was 27year old when he went to Real.He was already the finished product.
Benzema will not develop at Real and when he goes through just one bad spell of form then he will be out of the team.Bad decision.
No respect, no class, just money????
oh please..... man u is just a cash cow for American-greedy-money-grabber, nothing more
at least Madrid has a respectful history, 9 times euro champions, what about man u??? hmm....2?
No respect, no class, just money... the real Real Madrid way
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