Karim Benzema on loan to Arsenal for 6 months, who says no? the talented Frenchmen recently made a move over to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Ittihad in The Saudi Pro League and it’s only taken 6 months in Saudi and it looks like he’s has enough of middle eastern life.
The 36-year-old French international and ex Real Madrid icon moved to Al-Ittihad from Madrid early in July last year on a free transfer and has been in great form since joining the Saudi club. Picking uo a goal and assist on his debut and continued to make an impact throughout the first half of the season. Scoring 9 goals and 5 assists in just 15 games in the SPL and scored 2 goals in The Club World Championship too.
Benzema as everyone would know is an out and out number nine and although he’s getting a little older, he is always in the right place at the right times. No, his fitness isn’t what it used to be but for a striker, he still manages to find the back of the net wherever he goes. Growing up at Madrid he spent most of his career there and when he left in the summer it was a shock to a lot of people and fans.
Benzema could be the perfect choice for a 6 month loan at Arsenal, were having troubles finding the back of the net and with Benzema’s pure instinct to score goals, Arsenal could be the perfect fit for him, with plenty of players able to create for him, he could settle in quite well as a Gunner and I think would work really well under Mikel Arteta.
It has been reported that Arsenal is considering the possibility and have been looking in a loan for the French striker, with a few clubs also doing the same, he looks to be a big signing if anyone can manage to get him to sign a 6 month loan.
Nobody is quite sure what happened with Al-Ittihad and why the move doesn’t seem to have worked out but it seems pretty clear that he’s looking for a move elsewhere and with plenty of clubs interested, he should have a few options to chose from.
Whoever does take the plunge could be looking at significant wages, with the Frenchmen making an unbelievable amount of money in Saudi Arabia, but personally I think he would be happy to take a wage cut, Saudi is reasonably the only place you’re looking at those type of wages but I’m also assuming that he won’t come for a small wage for a 6 month loan, it just wouldn’t be worth his time.
Personally, I think he would be the perfect fit for 6 months and a great stop gap to whoever we break the bank for in the summer.
What’s your thoughts Gooners?
Daisy Mae
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Benzema to Arsenal rumours have been going on for fifteen years
Time to put it to bed
I think the author is living in the almost distant past. Benzema is past it .
YES HE HAS SCORED A FEW GOALS but of late onkly in the way inferior Saudi league. Not many goals but a few, but that MiCKEY MOUSE league is, frankly, a joke and no serious minded fan can sensibly compare THAT dross league to the mighty Prem.
So no, not for serous minded fans. Not at all. A dozen years ago when Wenger was first after him, then yes.
But time has moved on a great deal and in football terms he is ancient and past it at our level.
REALITY , at least from me , though not from THIS author, plainly. Sigh!
Mate, he literally won the Ballon D’or last year.
He still looks like Captain America everytime he takes his shirt off, so definitely not past it.
We’re living at an age where athletes can maintain their peak fitness into their 40s.
The actual REALITY is that if Benzema wanted to come to a struggling mid-table premier club, it would have happened years ago, why would he come now?
Mid table struggling team – that would be 10th place then?
You’re always talking about how superior the premier league is. Yet you forget that almost all the top players in the EPL were brought in from those leagues you call inferior and some have taken the EPL by storm. Benzema playing in Saudi doesn’t make him any less better than we know him to be. He’s streets above any striker we have currently. So given our current state, I would take him in a heartbeat on a six month loan
Better then Eddie though Jon ?
Benz makes everyone around him better. We need that, and if it gets us to the summer when we are allowed to spend again, do it!!
Gotta be better than spending 25 mill on another single digit forward and then not have enough left to compete for Toney etc. We’re already cheaping out cos we wasted 100 mill on Havertz and Raya.
I seem to remember that he was struggling last year in Madrid.
He has not set the Saudi league alight either.
I would take a pass on him, the Prem is harder to score in than La Liga or the Saudi League.
We are NOT going to win the league this season, so, as long as we qualify for the Champions League, that should be enough.
Then we can make the transfers in the summer!
A 50 year old Benzema would be more effective than a 23 year old Eddie or a 26 year old Gab.J.
Getting Benzema is a no brainer, but would our manager be able to handle him? Big talent comes with big egos and we know what happened to Ozil and PEA. Our next years UCL hinges on a thread. Not to be taken for granted with Tots and Villa around.
We need goals, we need solid defense as our GK is shaky. Quality reinforcements required if top 4 is the maximum requirement.
Ozil and PEA were dropped not because of ego but because they were lazy, and lowered the standards in training, and also, because you can’t play intensive high-press game with such lazy players. All the 5-0, 6-0 losses to top teams we had under Wenger was down to poor tactics but also to laziness of players like Ozil. Arteta changed the standards and got rid of them.
Oxin the box, can you list ALL the 5-0 and 6-0 losses we had under AW and then check how many times Ozil and / or Aubameyang played?
Let me remind you, on the best PL run achieved by MA, Ozil played in every single game.
In my opinion, he was dropped for political reasons and to cut back on his grotesque salary – yours differs.
I look forward to seeing those results you mention and if either player featured – thanks in advance.
Is it not the manager who has to motivate his players, have a good environment on training field, sharpen their skills? How do managers manage players line Ronaldo, Messi, Ibra, Mbappe? You need man management, sorry Mikel has none, not enough to manage Guendozi.
As many have said, these players are too big for MA to handle. MA want obedience players. MA ball is not suitable for them and MA has to shift them out. They are not dead wood under other manager but deadwood under MA.
BTW, I dislike Ozil to stay in Arsenal for a year to get his salary. Competitive players need to play competitive games. Now, Ozil is wasted.
Similarly, ESR, EN & RN should move on if they want to be good players. They should move to English League Championship.
Like normal we are dog slow whatever we do in the window
Those in agreement with the idea of signing Benzema are unnecessarilly desperate and moving mad as a consequence. The idea will be the silliest if what the gaffer is trying to build is put into consideration. we’ve got it all in our locker if you care to take note.
A six months loan for a proven and experienced striker is better than nothing at all. Benzema has that aeriel presence we are lacking in our attack which can give us a plan B against low blocks.
What do we have to lose? Besides I don’t see how this would disrupt whatever the gaffer is trying to build
Is he better then Eddie Nketiah?
mmmm.would leeds have been relegated if they had signed eddie?
For me, it’s the principle of the matter.
He turned down The Arsenal so many times, I’ve lost count and, although I might be cutting off my nose etc I say no.
Don’t know …
It’s the champions league with Porto. 0-0
Who you want a chance to fall too ?
Benzema or Eddie Nketiah?
1. Benzema’s goals are diverse and good in headers. How many of our goals came from headers? One hand can count.
2. He is muscular & will draw players to him. He provides many assists to CR7.
3. When CR7 was sold, he became main players for Real Madrid. I wonder why some Arsenal fans only watch EPL?
That ship sailed over 6 years ago when he turned down AW. Would appear a bit desperate to sign a striker for 6 months, it would take him 3 to settle into the EPL. Too late, we’re stuck with highly paid Nketiah until the summer when I suspect there will be a clear out and a reset for the next phase??