Arsenal board target alternative signing after declining Karim Benzema offer | H1Q1O94 | 2024-01-23 16:08:01
Arsenal board target alternative signing after declining Karim Benzema offer | H1Q1O94 | 2024-01-23 16:08:01
Arsenal have been provided the prospect to signal Karim Benzema but are as an alternative contemplating a move for a versatile defender, in response to studies.
Benzema is eager to go away Al-Ittihad after spending less than a yr in the Saudi Pro League and the striker has been provided to several clubs throughout Europe.
Arsenal, in the meantime, had made the signing of a new striker one of the priorities for the January transfer window, although their potential to signal their very best candidate this month has been restricted as a consequence of Monetary Truthful Play considerations.
In response to MailOnline, Benzema was provided to Arsenal earlier this month, nevertheless, the Gunners are weighing up whether to signal a 'versatile defender' before the switch deadline next Wednesday.
The report provides that Jurrien Timber continues to make constructive progress following his cruciate ligament damage in August and Arsenal are hopeful that their £38 million signing from Ajax will have the ability to function in the remaining two months of the marketing campaign.
Elsewhere, Benzema is known to be in talks over a return to Lyon.
The 36-year-old got here by means of Lyon's academy and established himself as the most effective younger strikers in Europe on the French membership earlier than he joined Actual Madrid in 2009.
Benzema had signed a three-year deal value €100m (£85.5m) per season with Al-Ittihad final June.
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Last week, reviews in France claimed that the Saudi membership have been 'livid' with Benzema for reporting back to coaching 17 days late following his vacation in Mauritius.
'Benzema arrived Thursday night, 17 days late. He ought to have returned on January 2,' the source close to the membership advised AFP.
'We couldn't reach him for 10 days. The membership management and the coach are livid with what occurred.
'There can be a meeting with the club board to elucidate what happened and talk about his future.'
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