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Benzema under pressure, wants to leave Saudi club

Updated on: 24 January,2024 06:24 AM IST  |  Riyadh
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He told the meeting “he doesn’t feel he is able to give his best because of the current pressure at Ittihad”. Contacted by AFP, Benzema’s entourage declined to comment

Benzema under pressure, wants to leave Saudi club

Karim Benzema

Karim Benzema feels under “pressure” at his Saudi club Al-Ittihad and wants to leave “temporarily”, a source close to the club told AFP on Tuesday. 


Al-Ittihad offered to loan the French striker to another club in the Saudi Pro League but he has refused, the source added. Benzema, 36, had a meeting with the club that was described as bad-tempered. 


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He told the meeting “he doesn’t feel he is able to give his best because of the current pressure at Ittihad”. Contacted by AFP, Benzema’s entourage declined to comment. 

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