Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 267. (Read 128628 times)

When Benzema was arrived from Real Madrid to Al Ittihad his status as star player and many fans of Al Ittihad have high expectations of him especially during playing with Real Madrid he was so often to became an Real Madrid top scorer for almost every season so it's normal if the fans thought Benzema will scores plenty of goals with Al Ittihad but unfortunately after through an 17 matches with Al Ittihad Benzema looks difficult to adapt with Saudi Pro League atmosphere and until today Benzema only able to scores 9 goals in Saudi Pro League and even Abderrazak Hamdallah goals records is much better compared to him because Hamdallah can scores 17 goals from 19 matches

Benzema almost be give up so that's why this January he was asking to his agent to look for new clubs and probably return to play at Europa even at that time Benzema not included in Al Ittihad squad for some matches and fortunately Benzema have change his mind now and he will attempts to stayed at Al Ittihad at least until this season ended but this summer i think most likely Benzema will leave Al Ittihad and look for new clubs and actually some of clubs still interested want to using his service and one of them is Lyon

Karim Benzema is almost 36 years old and his last season at the Real Madrid full of injuries, so things were never been as the same level while he was in his best which create problems for him and Al Ittihad as well but still club was generous to give him huge contract and big amount as salary but sadly his wrong tactics been never help his team for having better results which are not eliminated from the AFC Champions League, and now they have no chances for the staying at the top two spots as well which is surely not idea end of them, but this creates huge mess-up for the player as well because now his reputation is also down.

But, as we know his contract is going to end 2026 so most chances we will have possible solution for both sides with most chances we will have transfer with no big club is looking for him but as rumours are coming Lyon could be happy but this all will be clear after the end of this season with Al Ittihad will allow for this possible transfer, or we will have some more drama in this all.

Saudi pro league will begin soon and there will be some interesting matches to come. I was mentioning two matches and these matches are

Al ahli vs al ettifaq

I'm expecting Al Ahli to win against Al Etifaq with a narrow score. It's because Etifaq has never shown improvement since Gerrard took him as a new coach. Al Ahli's odds are very good considering that it's a weak club like Etifaq. There's no need to worry about that since Al Ahli will be able to beat Al Etifaq.
I don't really care about the score as I'm very optimistic that if I must pick 1x2, Al Ahli will win for sure. It gives me Ez win in the upcoming game, considering the fact that ettifaq is now on the same level as Al Ahli.

Al ittihad vs al feyha

It's obvious that if i will pick al ittihad to win this game. Even though Benzema may not be able to play, I'm very optimistic al Ittihad will be able to beat Al Feyha. The score doesn't matter for me but im sure it will beat al feyha with pretty good scores.

Both of the matches have been offering good odds to win the competition. It's quite easy matches to predict. Picking al ittihad and al ahli are gonna give us easy profit.

If possible I would prefer Benzema to return to Europe and I think there he would still be more comfortable than in the Saudi league. But there is one thing that will create bad sentiment towards the Saudi League if that happens and perhaps in the future the Saudi League will not be a suitable home for footballers from Europe. Such a summary could be made by the media and the Saudi league would again suffer losses.

Maybe even if Benzema's performance is not so promising even though he has trained again, what is important in my opinion is that Al-Ittihad can keep him until his contract ends. Because I'm pretty sure there are other profitable agreements despite his declining performance and that could at least be a replacement for his failure with Al-Ittihad.

Since the beginning of his arrival at Al Ittihad, Benzema has continued to create controversy by running away from matches and training of the Al Ittihad squad, and even now I do not see Benzema as a player who deserves to be retained by Al Ittihad next season, paid quite handsomely since being recruited from Madrid, Benzema continues to cause problems that indeed make his prestige as a star player tarnished, and even his declining performance of course he no better than the local players currently underpaid by Al Ittihad.

Getting a salary of almost 200 million euros per year certainly makes Benzema one of the players with the most expensive salary in the world and even the salary is almost the same as Ronaldo gets at Al Nassar at this time but of course both have different contributions for their respective clubs, now it is better for Al Ittihad to remove Benzema from the team and let him go where he likes,  because after all, Al Ittihad will only loses if they continue to retain players who are not professional like benzema , since signing for Al Ittihad, Benzema has only played 17 matches and just who scored 9 goals and his achievements are worse than Hamdallah who played 19 matches but has scored 17 goals with Al Ittihad so far even though he  has a lower salary than Benzema.

There are few rumours about De Bruyne which are surely creating some feud, but currently things are well under control for the Manchester City because his contract is going to be ended after end of the 2025, and then he could be over 33, so this could be possibility but if he wants to play here in these conditions with in this season as we have new most chances Saudi League is not going to have any big signings, so things are just for the masala or media hype even most chances Manchester City will be tried their best for extended his contract but currently nothing is clear as what is going to happen regarding this.

He is key player for the Citizens and pepe will try his best to convey him for staying more, but it's all depend on him and his vision about his future even most chances he will be not tried to go outside this region because things have never been easy for the playing into these conditions where many players are fail to give their best.

It's still remain unclear whether Benzema will be able to perform as well as he did when he played for Real Madrid because this time is totally different for him compared to when he still played at barcelona, people never ever decrease their expectations of him by keep try to imagine him to perform as good as his prime time in real madrid. It's the result of things turning 180 degrees in his favor, yet people didn't even try to realize it. The fact that benzema totally requires strong support from his team while still in conflict with Al Ittihad which is also making his chemistry with club has been weakening. So don't expect Benzema to return to his best form because he's having a lot of problems at the club which is also affects his performance and it matters a lot.

The environment in al Ittihad does not encourage him to play properly. It means that people have unrealistic expectations, such as when he played for Real Madrid. It's completely different when the club plays in Ittihad and Madrid. There are many great players who genuinely support him in real madrid like modric and vini and that's very different when it comes to the ittihad.
People shall move on and think realistically based on the current situation around him. Numerous factors greatly affected his performance in the club. It sounds stupid to expect Benzema back to his best form in the real Madrid.

Why don't people imagine if bnzema plays for real madrid again? it will make more sense rather than thinking of him to play as good as when he was at real madrid.

Benzema's performance which did not meet expectations was quite surprising because his experience playing at a big club like Real Madrid certainly makes him rich in experience so he will not have difficulty adapting, especially since he plays in a league where the competition is easier than Laliga, where he does not face defenders whose quality is the same as in Laliga so it will make it easier for him to score goals for Ittihad FC, but after months he still shows difficulty adapting and does not provide the contribution needed by his club so that criticism is directed at him.

Benzema leaving Ittihad FC is very possible even though there are no rumors about which club he will play for next because it doesn't look like he will retire from football soon, maybe to Ligue 1 to play for his home club like Sergio Ramos did after no longer being at PSG, but if another club in the Saudi Pro League makes an offer, I think he will stay in the Saudi Pro League because he will get a bigger payout than moving to Ligue 1.

Yes, it is true that Benzema was not able to play at his best with Al-Ittihad according to everyone expectations, but actually he was not that bad because he still made quite big contribution to Al-Ittihad while playing there.
At least Benzema is still much better than Neymar who did not contribute anything to the team he was playing for, this is an example that even though Benzema is considered bad, there are still things that are much worse.
If there is good communication and the right training pattern and there is adequate support from the team then this can have big influence on Benzema success as great player, he will become very sharp striker if all of this can be fulfilled properly.
Maybe Al Ittihad will still give him chance next season, if Benzema can play well I think he will be retained and the possibility of returning to Europe could be very small.

Maybe because Karim Benzema has not been able to adapt well so his performance has not been fully optimal, players who do not have good chemistry between other players or their coaches find it difficult to develop into great players. Even though Karim Benzema is a good striker that Real Madrid has but when he Al Ittihad Karim Benzema is not very productive and in fact the club is experiencing a decline, I don't know what is wrong, but what Al Ittihad needs to improve is the chemistry between Karim Benzema and other players and also the coach so that this can make their performance optimal and able to work together well. to bring Al Ittihad back to success.

Even if Karim Benzema really wants to return to the European League, who will accommodate Karim Benzema to the club even though he is currently old and Karim Benzema's salary is very large, so the club that wants to accommodate him must think hard about his salary and buy Karim Benzema to Al Ittihad or just a loan option. It seems that many European players have difficulty adapting to the Saudi League, so they really want to leave the Saudi League even though they are relatively new to the Saudi League competition.

Benzema seems to have to leave Al Ittihad. The reason is, Benzema's poor performance and current situation is not caused by normal factors, such as the need for adaptation or other things. However, Benzema doesn't seem to be suitable for Al Ittihad. Because from the start Benzema joined Al Ittihad, I personally also initially expected something satisfactory from Benzema. Then at the start of the season Benzema did not perform well at Al Ittihad. But at that time I was still thinking positively and I thought Benzema needed to adapt at Al Ittihad. Then a few weeks later it was reported that Benzema had a bad relationship with his coach at Al Ittihad, and in my opinion at that time it was the Al Ittihad coach who was at fault. So when the Al Ittihad coach is replaced, I think Benzema will find his best game again.

However, it turns out that even though the Al Ittihad coach was replaced, Benzema still performed poorly. Apart from that, Benzema is also reported to have a bad relationship with the new coach at Al Ittihad. So now I have a clear conclusion, Al Ittihad or the coach cannot be blamed, because Benzema has not performed well this season. But in essence, Benzema's poor performance was caused by Benzema himself. Basically, this may be because Benzema is no longer young. Or it could also be caused by compulsion. This means that when Benzema was first offered a contract by Al Ittihad, perhaps at that time Benzema was not too interested in joining. However, because the salary offered by Al Ittihad was very large, Benzema was willing to accept the contract. So in essence, Benzema is just after his money, and in terms of his performance on the pitch, he would probably make him number two.

So even though Benzema has now started training again with his colleagues at Al Ittihad, I think it will end the same, namely that Benzema's performance will most likely be less than satisfactory. And my prediction is that Benzema will most likely resign or leave Al Ittihad after this season ends.

This season Benzema failed to live up to expectations, he failed to show his best performance with Al Ittihad. It must be admitted, many fans are disappointed with the performance of the former Real Madrid player, it seems like Al Ittihad investment has failed miserably this season. Even though he has returned to active training, it is not certain that Benzema performance will return to sharpness on the front lines. Previously, it was rumored that Benzema would return to play in Europe, because his relationship with the coach was not harmonious.

Al Ittihad must expect great performance from Benzema. Sadly, Benzema often has a problem with the injury for a long time. That's why Benzema failed to show his best performance this season. I think Benzema can show his best performance in the next season if he can improve his fitness and physical strength. For this season, I think the target of Al Ittihad is to finish in the top 4 of Saudi league. They seems to be difficult to finish in the 3rd or 2nd place, the point gap is quite large.

It will be over when the season ends. I'm sure Al Ittihad won't keep the coach, they will change the coach with the new one. The current coach failed to keep the good performance of Al Ittihad like in the last season. If there is a problem between Benzema and the coach, I believe Al Ittihad management will prefer to fire the coach over Benzema.

To be honest, I'm quite annoyed with this player and I wouldn't call him a star player if he continues to behave like this. His inconsistency often disrupts the performance of other players and the problems he often causes with the coach sometimes make the dressing room less harmonious. Luckily, this time he realized and was willing to make the decision to train together with his partner and I couldn't stop thinking how long he would want to be like a child.

Al-Ittihad paid him so dearly and he shouldn't have behaved like that. I know Benzema is a star player but he should be able to set a good example for local players in the Saudi league. I think his expertise as a striker could be passed on more to the players around him instead of continuing to make things worse and disappear without a trace. I hope that this time he really comes back and doesn't make it unclear again just because he often underperformed with Al-Ittihad.

Pep is not yet done with De Bruyne as Man City football lies within him. He is the key player there, and that makes it impossible for him to leave the club now, that the club is very strong and want to achieve more trophies to the ones they have gotten already. If De Bruyne is out of City, I don't think that there will be any player fit to replace him that Pep will bring into the club. We saw what happened to City when De Bruyne was on injury this season. City performance de lined and they were finding it difficult to win matches, but the moment he came back on his feet, they started winning matches, and he even scored one goal coming in from the bench in the second half. This is why I don't think it is time for SPL to think that Pep will let go of Dr Bruyne.

I know that Al Ittihad have paid a lot to sign Benzema, but what they have spent does not guarantee that they will get what they want, and they should have realized that from the start. because as you said, we can't see a player performing well throughout the season, because they also sometimes experience obstacles, especially since Benzema is relatively new to joining them.

I don't know for sure what is going on between the coach and Benzema, but I also see that they don't have a harmonious relationship, or in other words they still have personal problems. However, they should be more professional, because if they are like that, it is their team as a whole that will be harmed. Even though they have problems, they must always put the interests of the club above their problems. They already have a lot of experience and that way they should be more mature in solving problems. Because I'm sure if there is a problem between them it starts from something trivial.

Kelvin De Bruyne is one of the best players of the Manchester City set up and at the age of 32 I think he still have a lot to offer the club and that's why I don't think the club manager Pep Guardiola would want to let him leave the club at the end of the season. The reports that a lot of Saudi Arabian clubs are trying to get the services of I think isn't gonna yield any fruit because even if the Belgium international decides to leave Manchester City at the end of the current season, I don't he'll choose to play in the Middle East country at any time soon.
That being said, saying that Manchester City will not have a leader in the midfielder if Kelvin De Bruyne leaves the club I think is a statement taken too far because at Manchester City, there are other great midfield players that can control the midfield in the absence of Kelvin De Bruyne and again, the club also have the financial strength to sign great midfield players that'll replace De Bruyne should he leave the club.

This player was overhyped in his first season and he couldn't meet up due to the pressure he was facing and now, he's gradually recovering and doing the great tasks to win good ties and qualities as a frontline. Karim Benzema is aging and there's quite alot of qualities he failed to meet up in his new team. Al Ittihad should understand the situation  on ground, Karim Benzema will not be able to deliver all the time perhaps he's present to ensure the frontline is working excellently good, he's holding up the burden of netting more goals for his new side relentlessly.

Karim Benzema the superstar player of Al Ittihad finally got back in the team and he is in a good for again. Al Ittihad paid too much money for this player and they were expecting to see a much better performance from Benzema in Al Ittihad but he was mostly injured and this Karim Benzema we saw was not like the superstar we saw in Real Madrid when he. was playing there
Now it seems Al Ittihad is happy because they have Benzema in team pieces of training again and in the news, we saw some pics from him training with other players.
However, it seems this player doesn't have a good relationship with their coach and there is a chance for him to some more games before he can earn the trust of the coach again and play for Al Ittihad.

Saudi teams begin to realize that they shouldn't only sign top players, but they must sign valuable players who can bring big impacts to the whole teams. De Bruyne is a typical player who can manage the attacking, he knows well how to be the leader in the midfield line. That's why Man City has a bad attacking pattern when De Bruyne was injured for few months.

Pep Guardiola must be aware of the Bruyne's role in the midfield line of Man City, he must try to make De Bruyne having a contract extension for the next 2-3 years at least. If Man City lets De Bruyne goes, Man City won't have a leader in the midfield line anymore. It will be a serious mistake to ignore the role of Kevin De Bruyne. It is very difficult to get the replacement of a typical player like De Bruyne.



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