Ligue 1 - Reports: Real bid for Benzema

Eurosport - Sun, 28 Jun 14:02:00 2009

Real Madrid have reportedly offered 32 million euros for Lyon striker Karim Benzema after switching their attention to the France international from Valencia forward David Villa.

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Spanish sports daily Marca said the French have yet to respond to Real's offer but last week Bernard Lacombe, adviser to Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas, told Marca that "nothing is impossible and if we receive a good offer we will not close the door to anyone."

Lyon's director of communication Olivier Blanc said merely that "the only news is Real Madrid contacted Lyon a few days ago to discuss Karim Benzema."

"Benzema and Olympique Lyon confirmed his initial desire is to stay another year with Lyon," Blanc said, adding that was also the club's preference.

Manchester United are also admirers of Benzema but Real have decided to swoop now given the reluctance of Valencia's new chairman Manuel Llorente to sell them Spain striker Villa.

Real chairman Florentino Perez, who has already landed Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka this summer for huge fees, has twice met with Benzema's agent Karim Djaziri, first in Madrid then Geneva, Marca reported last Wednesday as the chase hotted up.

As well as a cash deal, media reports in Spain say Real and Lyon could look at a part-exchange in the shape of either Real's Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or his compatriot, winger Arjen Robben.

AFP

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  1. People are not judged by their colour of skin. So are­ footballers. I hope next season LaLiga will be worth­ watching. At least one can expect the contention to be­ very hot than ever.

    From random_access88, on Tue 30 Jun 5:39PM

  2. Getachew44.... are you simple in the f**king head or­ what, you are the one who is racist, without even­ realising it, if you think a club should have a certain­ amount of black players in it just to appear they are­ not racist then you are very ignorant and naive, people­ should be in a side based on ability and ability only,­ not wether they are black, oriental, indian or any­ other race. you are what is wrong with the world.....­ Tit!!

    From ben, on Tue 30 Jun 11:46AM

  3. I don't know though, because if we sell mamudo­ diara, and loan drenthe out, than madrid will look like­ a racist club, because they will have less black people­ than barcelona, because they will only have two, the­ other diara and marchelo, where as barca they have­ Toure, Keita, Henry, Abidal, Eto'o. And I have­ always called barca racist, but I guess I'm wrong,­ because madrid is being worse now. Anyways, barcelona­ and their fans, I'm sorry for calling your club a­ racist, I guess I was wrong.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 1:48PM

  4. I think we still need to sing villa he the best striker­ it the world by miles & by playing with the likes­ of kaka ron raul he will show just how awesome he­ is.& yea we do need a left back but if pelegreeny­ could win with villareal just think what he will do­ with the mighty whites.& dont forget we"ve not­ finished in the transfare market yet & i cannot­ wait for the new season to start.so all tham that iv­ give us @#$% will look on in awe................A REAL­ FAN

    From bhskeldon, on Mon 29 Jun 12:16PM

  5. stop your negative comments about real, go mind your­ own business.
    real madrid brought two attacking­ midfields and two diffender
    kaka ronaldo albeol and­ garay, everything is balanced and we still have­ more.
    so bother others.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 9:23AM

  6. now everything is ok saviola and canavaro have been­ sold to benfica and juventus
    mamudo diara will be sold­ to juve
    drentti to firontina
    hainzi to­ totenham
    vandervaart back to hamburg
    mezelder to­ stutgart
    huntelar to arsenal
    tores and javi garcia to­ getafi
    salgado to espanyol
    we have brought ronaldo kaka­ albeol and garay
    now we need to bring only 3­ players
    benzema, (any good leftback) and xabi alonso­
    we also have to keep robenn, nisterlrooy, snijder and­ lass
    this way we will be the best team on the planet

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:26AM

  7. one thing no one know
    zidane is helping real madrid in­ this case

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:04AM

  8. look everyone 2 teams are interseted
    real and­ united
    but real madrid is the only team make a real­ offer
    others talk only

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:03AM

  9. benzema is beter for 32 million then ribery for 60­ million and he will play with kaka beter then ronaldo­ will

    From James, on Sun 28 Jun 10:59PM

  10. talk about him maybe going to arsenal is absolutely­ rubbish. Have you ever seen arsenal spend 30 millon on­ a player??? Arsenal are stuck with the likes of Eboue,­ diaby, denilson and bendtner

    From Raimo K, on Sun 28 Jun 9:27PM

  11. Karim really resebles Zidane himself. And i think this­ resemblence might serve as a link between them. Which­ in turn, may result in Zidane to talk Karim into­ joining Real Madrid. Perez has not hired Zidane just­ for nothing. He is well aware of his authority over­ footballers, especially of french.

    From random_access88, on Sun 28 Jun 8:34PM

  12. What is real doing ? its look like they are playing­ FIFA 2009 video game.....................Reality is­ different..................They bought ALBIOL &­ should buy some defenders....................this is­ there main problem.................................They­ do not know how to create talents..........They can­ destroy talents.................Someday real will pay­ for this................Barca won trevle bcoz of­ Outstanding team chemistry not of high quality­ players.......................Real will pay weel but­ may not win any cups.................

    From Shawon, on Sun 28 Jun 8:32PM

  13. haha... Real to sign Benzema? Owh, come on!!! If­ Benzema is clever, I dont think he will go to Real...­ real already has bunch of striker and foward...­ Ronaldo, Kaka, Robben, Nistelrooy etc... He will make­ it on the bench only... Real is talent destroyer...­ United is talent maker... Haha...

    To Perez: Please buy­ defenders... Good team not only by its foward, but also­ its striker... If the defend is 'suck', and the­ forwards are strong, I think maybe Real will lost by­ 4-3 or draw by 4-4... haha

    From Redzwan A, on Sun 28 Jun 8:22PM

  14. d.papas:
    sorry mate i used an old exchange rate and got­ it completely wrong.
    here are the actual values:
    man­ united bid 35mil pounds = around 41mil euros
    real­ madrid bid 32mil euros = around 27mil pounds
    so man­ united are still bidding 9mil euros more than real­ madrid.

    From omnitrix626, on Sun 28 Jun 5:27PM

  15. omnitrix626, How the hell are you converting your­ euro's mate? The pound is only worth €1.12??

    From d.papas, on Sun 28 Jun 5:14PM

  16. getachew44 - do you think Barca will happily sell to­ their biggest rivals when City are offering silly money­ and he is very unlikely to play against them as City­ probably end up 5th next season at best?

    From andrewjonharrison, on Sun 28 Jun 2:37PM

  17. Real Madrid cannot afford this they have already used­ all "their" money on the most overrated­ player ever; Ronaldo. They will have to sell most of­ the squad to afford this, i just dont understand what­ they are thinking with. Their problem is the defence so­ why just buy attacking players? Real Madrid wont beat­ Barcelona anyway.

    From Qtieboy, on Sun 28 Jun 1:52PM

  18. to Raimo
    benzema and alonso are very close
    what do u­ think?

    From James, on Sun 28 Jun 1:45PM

  19. to Raimo
    what did u think mate?
    i think like we said­ before
    it is better to bring benzema
    after benzema, we­ have to think about left back

    From James, on Sun 28 Jun 1:39PM
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    HAHA MANURE LOL!!!!!!!!

    From elnino, on Sun 28 Jun 1:38PM
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