Eurosport - Fri, 26 Jun 16:07:00 2009
Manchester United want to sign Karim Benzema but Lyon should not ask for more than £35 million, according to the player's agent.
"(Sir Alex) Ferguson wants Karim this summer," representative Karim Djaziri was quoted saying by the Daily Mail. "However his transfer fee will not be above £35m.
"He is only 21, the only time a transfer of a 21-year-old went so high it was Robinho's transfer to Real Madrid (from Santos).
"Karim can't be valued higher than David Villa, who will cost more than £40m."
Lyon have been playing hardball over Benzema, who has also attracted interest from Real Madrid and Chelsea.
They initially insisted he would cost upwards of £60m but admitted they would take less if the player wanted to leave.
Both Benzema and his club previously stated that he will stay at Stade Gerland until after the 2010 World Cup.
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They should`ve wanted him ages ago. Benzema will replace Ronaldo. Ronaldo is rubbish!
Goal machine or not, I'm frankly unhappy in relying upon one player to score a large proportion of goals scored, knowing how injury and loss of form to that one player can be costly (e.g. Liverpool, Newcastle etc.)! I would prefer to see United ensuring that we have the midfield players that can match the two forwards' goal tally in an average season . . . . . . something that we have not really had since the 90's!
when tranfer market open i can see lots of Real Madrid fans...here,there and everywhere...but when League and CL start running rarely i can see comment from them...so i guess Real Madrid buy fans like they buy those player
His own agent (Benezema's),is basically saying to SAF,you can have him but don't pay more than 35mill 'coz he's over-rated.All sounds very suspicous to me.
Hey can anyone tell me about this..
what if for ex. Benzema wanna leave Lyon and United gave him $160m. But Lyon doesn't wanna let him go? What will happen?
Go man utd...Get benzema as soon as possible..we need a goal scoring machine..Still young and can be even better than henry...
It's a delicate issue in the sense that he is wanted by other top clubs. If it comes down to bidding war then the highest bidder signs him and that will have nothing to do with his worth. However for his own personal development i feel he will be better off in United. Players hardly develop in Madrid as it has always been a team for established stars. So come on Benzy, light up the epl with your skills, who knows Madrid may come after you in another 2 years with 100 million pounds and this is really possible.
screw that team man u they are basic
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Fergie may be trying his luck one more time by buying Valancia and Benzema and trying to turn them into top class players. Think he may finally fail with these players though.
I dont care how you did with No26., but I tell you - you are all STUPID, jealous mutd fans... AAAAAAAAAAAAND Benzema will goto RELA MADRID!!!
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Benzema is a great player,better than Tevez ans will get less wages! Tevez is not worth what City will pay.How come Real have not been mentioned or any other bis club in Spain or Italy? United will miss Ronaldo but will bring in some good players who will develop into greats at OT.Look out Man United will be better for this I am sure of that!
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I would be more then happy if Benzema was the only player United signed and this statement from his agent is really encouraging..
comment 16- your a pessimist. united will compete this season just like they did last season. valencia is good at wigan, but at united he will look a far better player cos of the players around him. if we get benzema (i know thats a big if)we will be the team to beat. liverpool wont get close and chelsea dont seem to be attracting anyone this season. i hate to say this but city are finally spending in the right places, i dont think they will challenge for the title this year but next year they will be in the top four and manchester will rule england.
You all crazy United fans... you dont deserve Benzema,,, you dont appreciate him, so HE'lL go to REAL MADRID, along with Ribery...
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oBADULGANI: What rubbish, United have not receiveda penny for Ronaldo yet, the transfer window doe not open until 1st July, therefore any transactions ciompleted now, except for Tevez, are breaking FIFA RULES and should be reported to Sepp Blater immediately! Tevez is owned bya dodgy Iranian and his shadowy consortium so he does not count cos he was never United's player anyway. Tevez is no great loss! Ronaldo made is very clear lastseaso0n that he did not want to be at OT so he had to go. The Gaffer will replace him one way or another with either a Valencia plus central striker combination or a coup-le of players that no one is thinking about. United won.t be held to ransom and with Ribery and Villa out of the question, one won't leave Spain and the other won't be allowed to leave Bayern Munich the field is narrowing. I still think Anelka could doa good job for United.
There where rumors that Barça was interested in Benzema earlier this year,But i am realy hapy that he goes somewhere else or stay where he is because he doesn,t fit in at Barça !!
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