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9 months ago
57 Karim Benzema’s ‘exorbitant’ pay demands have prevented Man United from signing him this month, according to The Daily Mail.
Currently ranked eighth in the Premier League standings, the Red Devils have had difficulty scoring goals this season.
Rasmus Hojlund is the only recognised striker at the club who is fit, since Anthony Martial will be out for ten weeks after groin surgery, confirmed by the club yesterday.
Erik ten Hag had the option of signing Karim Benzema from Saudi Pro League team Al-Ittihad as the Frenchman is looking for a move away from the club.
The 36-year-old, who earns an incredible £86 million a year, will not be signed by Man United now due to pay demands and concerns about breaking FFP regulations.
Benzema left Real Madrid for Al-Ittihad in the summer on a free transfer.
Despite scoring 12 goals in 20 games, his team is now seventh in the standings after a poor run of form.
Benzema was kicked off the team after arriving back from vacation 17 days later than expected. His club officials, who were expecting him to return on January 2 ahead of the team’s mid-season training camp, were furious with the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner.
They had not been able to get in touch with him for ten days, a source close to the club told France 24.
As a result, Marca claims, manager Marcelo Gallardo has left Benzema out of the trip to Dubai, and he is still training on his own for the league’s return on February 7.
Ten Hag will also be concerned with the news of Martial’s injury given that United chose not to renew his £250,000-per-week deal.
As a result, nine years after joining from Monaco in a deal that made him the most expensive teenage player in global football, the Frenchman is set to go as a free agent in the summer.

