Benzema would say goodbye to Real Madrid, who already have an Argentine in their sights to replace him

Karim Benzema would be close to announcing that he will stop being a player of the real Madrid once the season is over. According to the Spanish press, the French champion intends to hold a press conference in one of the halls of the Santiago Bernabéu to make it official. Meanwhile, the merengue club would already be behind a world champion to replace him.

After more than 14 years as a Real Madrid player, with 24 trophies won, including five Champions Leagues, and more than 600 matches with 353 goals, the French striker would have taken the decision to end his long history at the Juventus club. His next destination would be Saudi Arabia, from which he will leave for free once his contract expires on June 30th.

In the absence of a date for the end of the Spanish Liga, the European media are talking about an irresistible offer that arrived in the hands of the forward in recent days and which seems to have been the reason that changed Benzema’s plans for the following season. More than 100 million euros for a two-year contract that would be what they are offering from Asian lands, precisely from the club Al Ittihad, current champion of the Saudi league.

After asking Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, for time to analyze the offer, the final decision seems to have already been taken and will be officially communicated by the player in a farewell conference with time to be confirmed, next Sunday will be his last match at the Santiago Bernabéu.

In Madrid they are looking for the Argentine goal

For this reason, from the Madrid offices they are already starting to look at who could be the replacement for their number “9”, this being the new main objective in the next transfer market. And all the cards seem to focus on an Argentine scorer.

Who they would have in their wallet would be none other than Lautaro Martinezfigure and captain of Inter preparing for the Champions League final on 10 June against Manchester City.

Likewise, Real Madrid would not have an easy time if they wanted to keep Lautaro’s services. The thing is Manchester Utd, Chelsea AND Tottenham They are other competitors who appear as candidates to sign the Argentine. Of course, everyone has to sit down to negotiate an amount for the player’s worth.

The main obstacle for El Toro to leave Inter would be the negotiations with the Italian managers. Lautaro has renewed his link with the Nerazzurri until June 2026 and has no release clause. Therefore, whoever wants to take it must tempt him with a large sum of money.

From Argentina, the situation is followed with great attention by Racing Club de Avellaneda and Liniers de Bahía Blanca. In addition to the 1.5 percent corresponding to training rights, the Academy sold Lautaro with a clause that will allow him to receive 10 percent of the capital gain obtained by Inter in the transaction.

If it is estimated that Lautaro was sold for about 30 million dollars and today his pass could be around 80 million, something like 5 million dollars would go to Argentina, 4 of which would remain at Avellaneda and one stick would go to the club Bahia. A goal in the Champions League final could add a few small bills to that bill. Nothing wrong.