⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[TelolettOm]

As reported by Fabrizio Romano, Karim Benzema received a big offer from a Saudi club of around 100 million euros a season but the name of the team is still a secret. It is likely that Benzema will leave Real Madrid in the summer if he is so tempted by such a large amount of money. Even though Benzema has a contract that will expire in June 2024 with Real Madrid and the contract is still valid today. Now Karim Benzema's future will soon be known and it will not be long before we see one of the big transfers of the summer. Anyway I think Benzema should take up the offer as he is too old for the Real Madrid squad and let Los Blancos look for a replacement next season to fill the void he has left.

I read this rumor on Forbes, they also reported the same issue. But we don't know what Benzema's response is, there is no official statement related to the offer yet. Sure, it is a big offer, Benzema will get above $214.2 million for 2 years contract if he is interested. For me, it is an interesting offer for 35 years old player like Benzema.

However, since Benzema is still the best striker at Real Madrid, I am a bit pessimistic that he will consider moving from Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid will sign a new striker, Benzema probably still get enough time to play. Real Madrid plays in many competitions, they need some quality strikers. Moreover, Carlo Ancelotti is very selective to buy new players. He isn't a typical manager who wants rebuild his squad with most new players. He seems only buy a few players who are very needed for the squad. So, I think he is likely to stay in Real Madrid for 1-2 more years.

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/samleveridge/2023/05/29/karim-benzemas-real-madrid-future-unclear-amid-107-millionyear-offer-from-saudi-arabiareports/?sh=61cd43d07284

[alegotardo]

As of Pochettino's signing for becoming Chelsea's new manager officially people are wondering how successful he can be of course. Technically he has a good chance to meet the board expectations next season. He has a pretty good level of experience with Tottenham especially and PSG. He can think of all the points where he made the mistakes so far and try not to repeat them with Chelsea. Nagelsmann was a candidate too and people even said that Boehly was keen on bringing him the most.

Pochettino had better prove why they picked him over Nagelsmann after this. This season was a big mess for Chelsea and he will be expected to make the team have a top 4 finish next time. To do this they need to take the right steps in transfers too. They need to solve the striker issue after Felix's departure.

Pochettino's arrival is defining the start of a new era at Chelsea... record it well.

Obviously no one questioned the ambitions of the new owners... £2.5bn for the club and a further £600m in funding to sign new players over two transfer windows. but not all the investment in the world is enough to build a team that already has two coaches fired, two seasons in a row without trophies and a melancholy 12th place in the Premier League.
But I think Pochettino is the leader Chelsea needed, a manager who remains highly respected in Europe, having led Tottenham to four consecutive top four finishes in the Premier League and a UEFA Champions League final.
It's okay that his "inconsistent" spell at Paris Saint-Germain raised some doubts about his abilities to rebuild a team like the current Chelsea, but that doesn't erase Pochentino's credibility.

What's more, I've been reading that Pochentino has been granted an active decision on player recruitment, so with the "team in hand" I think Chelsea have a chance of getting back on their feet this time.

[herurist]

Agree with what you say because this really happened because of a mistake by the top officials at Juventus who did violate it and surely this will have an impact on the club, of course. Talking about Zidane, I actually still hope he returns to Madrid but indeed as you said, the current conditions, even though he is close to Juventus, of course there is still no reaction and a really convincing statement, which means that all possibilities can still happen.

Yep, but in this case there are only two chances because several big EPL clubs and also PSG, who are still insistent on bringing Juventus, were responded to coldly by Zidane because he has problem constraints for EPL clubs and he doesn't seem too interested in PSG but indeed the news is from him who pays attention to Juventus of course it will be welcomed by fans at this time, especially for Juventus fans, although we still cannot conclude because this rumor might not have happened, especially when Conte was always a guest in several previous matches.

for the EPL it is impossible unless there is another statement from Zidane because indeed with the previous statement it is clear that he is not at all interested in the EPL.
But talking about Juventus now there is a new name because indeed in the last few days the name of Fabio Grosso has started to be busy in discussion and could be an alternative to Juventus.

[Leviathan.007]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

[hashrateproducts]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

I don't think Benzema is ready to leave Real Madrid now despite his age.He has won so much for the club,and would want to hang his boot their.They now most of the times rely on him to score the goals in the team,and with the special treatment they are giving to him at Madrid,I don't think he want to go to any other place now.
Benzema is about 35 years,but he is still scoring goals on a daily basis,not every player can still be delivering up till this age,he is really a special player,and I wolud even like it if he extends his contract with Madrid.

[X-ray]

I don't think Benzema is ready to leave Real Madrid now despite his age.He has won so much for the club,and would want to hang his boot their.They now most of the times rely on him to score the goals in the team,and with the special treatment they are giving to him at Madrid,I don't think he want to go to any other place now.

Benzema can leave from real madrid anytime. Only if there would be a good offer come to him. He may re-consider his decision to stay in real madrid even longer. I think that if benzema realizes that if his journey with real madrid is almost coming to its end.
There have been some candidates who potentially replace him in santiago bernabeu very soon.

Joselu and Firmino have been very close to the real madrid. I think that benzema's era will be passing soon. I hope that if he will get a new place that can give him good amounts of money. He has been getting so many trophies with real madrid.
It's time for benzema move on from real madrid.

Benzema is about 35 years,but he is still scoring goals on a daily basis,not every player can still be delivering up till this age,he is really a special player,and I wolud even like it if he extends his contract with Madrid.

I do agree with it but since other team was also regenerating their players and real madrid must do that too.

It's caused by once benzma will not able to play anymore and real madrid will not have a good successor for him.

[Josefjix]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

Karim Benzema is aging and should leave a competitive club like Real Madrid since he will be pulled from the squad sooner or later if he does not perform to expectations. It appears that these Saudi Arabia clubs have the financial resources to attract great stars to their league, all in the effort to make their league recognizable globally. The Saudi Arabia club made a huge offer for Karim Benzema, which is more than his current salary at Real Madrid. The Frenchman is mulling a transfer away from Santiago Bernabeu in the summer, though nothing has been finalized. Carlo Ancelotti has Benzema in his plans for the Los Blancos next season in case he changes his mind.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It looks like Manchester United are already preparing to offer a new contract to Lisandro Martinez because of his great services for the team so far. Thanks to him and Varane both the defense has been pretty solid. We see their absence a lot when they are absent. The recent days must be a great example for that as they couldn't win some matches while Martinez and Varane both were injured. I don't think Martinez wouldn't lean towards such agreement as he must be happy here.

However his current contract already lasts until 2027 so I don't think there is any need to be in a rush. Maybe they want to do this to fend off interests in him but instead they can spend the money on new necessary transfers.

Well, with that contract until 2027, they are making sure you have a solid defense, mainly these players can be very good, what they should do is something with the attack, I don't see Man United very well in the attack, sometimes I see that they don't make sense when they arrive and do nothing, it's as if they sometimes have a lack of luck, but with a forward loose, who is daring and can take the defenders with some good dribbles would be the best, of course, this is not the one style of play that the Manchester coach likes, which limits him greatly, that's why I would like to see Manchester without a Ten Hag that limits them so much , they were in a Europa League and didn't win it , so this already means a lot.

[CryptocurencyKing]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

Karim Benzema is aging and should leave a competitive club like Real Madrid since he will be pulled from the squad sooner or later if he does not perform to expectations. It appears that these Saudi Arabia clubs have the financial resources to attract great stars to their league, all in the effort to make their league recognizable globally. The Saudi Arabia club made a huge offer for Karim Benzema, which is more than his current salary at Real Madrid. The Frenchman is mulling a transfer away from Santiago Bernabeu in the summer, though nothing has been finalized. Carlo Ancelotti has Benzema in his plans for the Los Blancos next season in case he changes his mind.

With a major offer from Saudi Arabia on the table for Benzema, and a tough campaign blighted by injury in Madrid, honestly, Benzema will to be considering a departure. But at the same time, Real Madrid are also hopeful of extending Benzema’s contract for a further year. I’d love him to leave now, he still have 2-3 active years to play and earn more, other than stay in Spain and lose form. Two names Real Madrid are focusing on at the moment in case he leaves are Harry Kane and Roberto Firmino, but Kane seems complicated at the moment because of his price and Daniel Levy's tactics.

[gabbie2010]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

Karim Benzema is aging and should leave a competitive club like Real Madrid since he will be pulled from the squad sooner or later if he does not perform to expectations. It appears that these Saudi Arabia clubs have the financial resources to attract great stars to their league, all in the effort to make their league recognizable globally. The Saudi Arabia club made a huge offer for Karim Benzema, which is more than his current salary at Real Madrid. The Frenchman is mulling a transfer away from Santiago Bernabeu in the summer, though nothing has been finalized. Carlo Ancelotti has Benzema in his plans for the Los Blancos next season in case he changes his mind.

It's very obvious when we review the present performance of Benzema his has lost his touch as far as his pace and scoring ability is concern and definitely age is already catching up with him, recall in their last semi final match against Man City Benzema had few touches throughout the period he is on the field and doesn't have the ability to track back to midfield as usual, I believe as Ancelloti is trying to rebuild the team he should release Benzema and scout for a bery young experience formidable striker possibly Mbappe if he can play a striking role or Victor Osimen is another option.

[Jody.Drummer]

Agree with what you say because this really happened because of a mistake by the top officials at Juventus who did violate it and surely this will have an impact on the club, of course. Talking about Zidane, I actually still hope he returns to Madrid but indeed as you said, the current conditions, even though he is close to Juventus, of course there is still no reaction and a really convincing statement, which means that all possibilities can still happen.

Yep, but in this case there are only two chances because several big EPL clubs and also PSG, who are still insistent on bringing Juventus, were responded to coldly by Zidane because he has problem constraints for EPL clubs and he doesn't seem too interested in PSG but indeed the news is from him who pays attention to Juventus of course it will be welcomed by fans at this time, especially for Juventus fans, although we still cannot conclude because this rumor might not have happened, especially when Conte was always a guest in several previous matches.

for the EPL it is impossible unless there is another statement from Zidane because indeed with the previous statement it is clear that he is not at all interested in the EPL.
But talking about Juventus now there is a new name because indeed in the last few days the name of Fabio Grosso has started to be busy in discussion and could be an alternative to Juventus.

I honestly haven't heard a statement from Zinedine Zidane who isn't interested in the Premier League, but I think when he makes a statement like that it gets big press, so there's no way I can pass it up. Those who are interested in making Zinedine Zidane as a coach do not only come from clubs, but also many national teams who want to sign him, such as the French national team. But as we know Zinedine Zidane seems closed about his future, I mean where he will join if he returns to being a coach. I think he is still considering several offers that have come his way, so he doesn't regret his choice later.

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

Many Arab clubs are targeting top players who are entering the final ages of their careers. Before that, we knew that Cristiano Ronaldo had already joined an Arab League club, Lionel Messi also received a very fantastic offer from the Arab League as well, and now Benzema is one of their target.
But for now, I doubt that Real Madrid will let him go, because they also still need the figure of a Benzema, because they don't have a striker who is ready to replace him. Even though they will eventually get him in the transfer market this summer but still I think Real Madrid will keep him for at least one season.

[Strongkored]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

There was a difference between Ronaldo and Karim Benzema when Ronaldo finally went to the Arab League, the difference was that at that time Ronaldo did not have a club to play for after the contract ended by mutual agreement with United and when there was news saying many big clubs wanted him it was just a rumor because it turned out that only Al Nassr made an offer to him with a fantastic value so it became an easier choice for Ronaldo to go there. Meanwhile, Benzema still has a club where he plays or it is very likely to be the last club to end his career because even though he is old enough he still makes several big contributions to Real Madrid, as long as Real Madrid still wants him, it seems like Benzema will still be there, can earn more money of course it would be fun but being able to get a prestigious title in the big league would certainly be more proud, right? because not all great players can receive that because playing at Real Madrid is like a certainty that will get a title in a career as a footballer.

[Litzki1990]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

Karim Benzema is aging and should leave a competitive club like Real Madrid since he will be pulled from the squad sooner or later if he does not perform to expectations. It appears that these Saudi Arabia clubs have the financial resources to attract great stars to their league, all in the effort to make their league recognizable globally. The Saudi Arabia club made a huge offer for Karim Benzema, which is more than his current salary at Real Madrid. The Frenchman is mulling a transfer away from Santiago Bernabeu in the summer, though nothing has been finalized. Carlo Ancelotti has Benzema in his plans for the Los Blancos next season in case he changes his mind.

We haven't seen Karim Benzema perform like he did last season this season. Maybe due to age, his performance has decreased a bit. Real Madrid are already looking for a Karim Benzema replacement. Karim Benzema can take Mbappe or Erling Haaland as a replacement.

In that case, Real Madrid may have to spend most of the season on the bench.This French star may lose his career even more.
Karim Benzema can now change his club if he wants. As there are offers coming for him from the Saudi League he should accept the offer. Because performing on the field is much better than warming the bench.

[makishart]

We haven't seen Karim Benzema perform like he did last season this season. Maybe due to age, his performance has decreased a bit. Real Madrid are already looking for a Karim Benzema replacement. Karim Benzema can take Mbappe or Erling Haaland as a replacement.

There are some reason why benzema would not able to perform like the previous seasons.

It's all due

-His age
-He was very often injured
-His stamina was not as good as a few years ago when he was reaching his prime

Those things were influencing a lot to the performance from benzma this season. I don't even know why people put very big expectation. They just need to remain neutral caused by benzema is also aging

In that case, Real Madrid may have to spend most of the season on the bench.This French star may lose his career even more.
Karim Benzema can now change his club if he wants. As there are offers coming for him from the Saudi League he should accept the offer. Because performing on the field is much better than warming the bench.

Benzema has been thinking about that and im sure that if he has been preparing alternative solution for his career. he knew if he will not able to play in real madrid forever.

he must learn from his friend cristiano ronaldo.

[tusandii]

With a major offer from Saudi Arabia on the table for Benzema, and a tough campaign blighted by injury in Madrid, honestly, Benzema will to be considering a departure. But at the same time, Real Madrid are also hopeful of extending Benzema’s contract for a further year. I’d love him to leave now, he still have 2-3 active years to play and earn more, other than stay in Spain and lose form. Two names Real Madrid are focusing on at the moment in case he leaves are Harry Kane and Roberto Firmino, but Kane seems complicated at the moment because of his price and Daniel Levy's tactics.

Yes, it seems that the offer from the Arabs made Benzema really consider the offer or stay at Real Madrid because we can see that this season at Real Madrid, Benzema cannot have quite an epic achievement.
Even though Real Madrid had asked him to stay, if Benzama accepted an offer from Arabs then Madrid could do nothing and let Benzema go.
Harry Kane seems to be able to make Madrid better if they manage to sign him but of course at a higher cost considering several complicating factors.
But this is also an opportunity for Real Madrid to have Kane because he is a very talented player.

[hyudien]

We haven't seen Karim Benzema perform like he did last season this season. Maybe due to age, his performance has decreased a bit. Real Madrid are already looking for a Karim Benzema replacement. Karim Benzema can take Mbappe or Erling Haaland as a replacement.

In that case, Real Madrid may have to spend most of the season on the bench.This French star may lose his career even more.
Karim Benzema can now change his club if he wants. As there are offers coming for him from the Saudi League he should accept the offer. Because performing on the field is much better than warming the bench.

For this option, I think it's over and it won't materialize. After all, Madrid has already moved on from Mbappe and Haaland, which is clearly impossible because since then the rumors have not been completely false. Haaland still belongs to Man City and that is difficult to change for any reason. Back to the discussion of Benzema and he realized that neither his position nor his future at Madrid would last much longer. So the Saudi Arab club's offer makes much more sense considering the age and salary offered are quite promising. Only a Saudi Arabian club would dare to pay such a large salary. And the other news is that Messi went to Al Hilal after no effort was made by Barcelona to repatriate him.

[Docnaster]

These days we see on the news that Benzema is going to leave Real Madrid for the Arabian team because he is getting old and won't have good performance anymore because of his age. This can be true especially when you think Benzema is currently 35y old and this can be better for Real Madrid to find a player to replace with him for the next season.
On the other hand, Benzema is getting near to end of his career, and playing the Arabian team can help him to earn much more just like what Ronaldo did when he moved to Saudi teams.

The news that Benzema is trying to go to Arabic country to continue his career is getting up every day in the internet. It is understandable if Benzema should bow out of Real Madrid at this time. It is not because he is no longer performing or he cannot perform one more season. The issue is that Real Madrid to have another striker to take the club on a longer run and even when Benzema is only Madrid there is no backup striker that will take up from him. This might be a big problem for Real Madrid when Benzema leaves because no matter how good a striker is in some cases, he needs to adapt to his new club if he is not as exceptional as the likes of Haaland in Manchester City.

[rendravolt]

Anyway I think Benzema should take up the offer as he is too old for the Real Madrid squad and let Los Blancos look for a replacement next season to fill the void he has left.

These Saudi clubs are on a mission to develop their league by bringing in great players from Europe, i know for now they can only get players' whose times are up in the big stage in Europe, but these Saudi clubs can start from there and prolly in the next few years and with further improvement to the league, they can then allure young and quality players.

Having said that, i don't think Benzema's time in Europe (and Real Madrid) is up, i think he can still play for 1 or 2 years at the very top level, and in Real Madrid also. I don't know if the club prolly has plans to sign a new and young striker this summer, but nonetheless, i expect Benzema to be fully part of their plans for next season.

I just heard the news that the Saudi club that started the bid is Al-Ittihad and the club is a rival of al-Nassr in the Saudi league. The offer came after Real Madrid's game against Sevilla last week and it looks like it will be heavily considered by Benzema this week. Surely Al-Ittihad really wants to enliven the hunt for European star players and doesn't want to lose to other Saudi league teams.

If you think about it, Benzema has not finished at Real Madrid, it's just that when Real Madrid needs a goal to win a match, sometimes Benzema often underperforms and with an old enough age it will definitely be difficult to apply pressure or duel with opposing defenders, when it comes to finishing for a benzema is not in doubt. But yes, Real Madrid must keep looking for a substitute for Benzema in the summer so they can compete again with Barcelona next season.

[asriloni]

The news that Benzema is trying to go to Arabic country to continue his career is getting up every day in the internet. It is understandable if Benzema should bow out of Real Madrid at this time. It is not because he is no longer performing or he cannot perform one more season. The issue is that Real Madrid to have another striker to take the club on a longer run and even when Benzema is only Madrid there is no backup striker that will take up from him. This might be a big problem for Real Madrid when Benzema leaves because no matter how good a striker is in some cases, he needs to adapt to his new club if he is not as exceptional as the likes of Haaland in Manchester City.

I have not yet seen the name of the club linked to him published. That was also making me feel if it may be a fake news too. We'll have to wait and see if the name of that club will be leaked to the public in the coming days or not. I will mark it as fake news if the was only telling us if benzema gets an offer but it didn't explain where it is coming from. It seems like that there will be so many rumors linked to the benzema caused by if it was facing difficulty in real madrid due to the his age.

benzema was always injury. This is also preventing his consistentcy in the club. Even though there have been some news said that if real madrid wanna extend his contract for one more season, but it can change anytime.

After spending a few minutes of browsing and i can see that if the offer was coming from al ittihad.

[bitgolden]

Congratulations Xavi Hernandez for your contract renewal or extension. You really deserve it and more. Being able to take Barcelona when the club was in mess is a big show of commitment to the club who made you and with the success you have Brough to Barcelona this short period of time, the cap of head coach fits no one else until you are tired to wear it.
I know you will not relax because you haven't achieved your dreams yet.
I know your dream is more than the Laliga title, chase your dream, sell some boys, bring fresh blood and compete for European cups.

I also think that Xavi is probably the perfect coach for FC Barcelona at the moment. The fans totally love him because he was one of the greatest and most loyal players that the club ever had, therefore i think they will also continue to support him even if they are not doing so well like for example in the European competitions this year.
I also have to say though, that he did some weird interviews especially after the losses against Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in the group stage of the champions league, where he was complaining about the referee and saying that they were the better club in like 3 lost matches straight. He really came across like a very bad loser there.

If he wasn't good, this wouldn't be a fairytale story, no matter how much he provided to the team as a player, if he was a terrible manager they would have sacked him long ago but since he did alright he is loved, the main reason he is liked so much is because he is a good manager and has won the title with them this season, if they do better at UCL next season then they will love him even more.

I have to say that it is not going to be a big problem and they will do fine and he will definitely get them out of this debt period, I do not know how they will get rid of the debt, winning is certainly a good way, not spending much would be a good way too but they still spend but I think he will push them through this period for sure.