Al-Ittihad’s Benzema was lavishly presented in Saudi Arabia on Thursday evening. The winner of the Ballon d’Or signed a lucrative contract with top club Al-Ittihad last week. Tens of thousands of people attended his presentation.
Total madness in Saudi Arabia at Benzema presentation
Al-Ittihad shared beautiful images of Benzema’s entrance to his new home port on Thursday. The Frenchman, with the owners in his shadow, showed the Golden Ball to the Saudi audience. In a spectacular fireworks display, the supporters of the top club were able to catch a glimpse of the new star for the first time.
Benzema signed a two-year contract in the Gulf state last week. The striker is said to be able to collect around two hundred million euros a year. As a result, he chose to leave Real Madrid after fourteen seasons.
At the Bernabéu, Benzema accounted for 648 official matches and 354 goals. As a result, he is second after Cristiano Ronaldo on the overall top scorers list of the club. He now faces Ronaldo in his new league. The Portuguese also went to Saudi Arabia during the winter break and signed a contract with Al-Nassr.
Messi: “A lot of lies have been spread that still bother me”
Partly in the hope of getting more peace in the media, Lionel Messi will move from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami this summer. The Argentinian is not happy with the lies he believes have been spread in the European media.
“So many things have been said,” Messi (35) said in an exclusive interview with SPORT and Mundo Deportivo. “So many things have leaked out, so many lies told. But I cannot contradict everything that is said. I see that there are many journalists who spread a lot of lies, are exposed and then nothing happens.”
“The next day they tell another lie and nothing happens again,” Messi continues, annoyed. “There were many things that irritated me. For example, they talk a lot about my family and say my son had a bad time, when the opposite is true. My kids don’t want to leave. They’re good here. When they mess with my family and start talking about things they don’t know anything about, it bothers me a little and more than anything that they just talk and lie.”
Messi had the choice to return to Barcelona after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired, but prefers an adventure in the United States. He previously ignored a lucrative transfer to Saudi Arabia.
