By signing for three seasons in Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia, Karim Benzema made sure to receive a dizzying salary.
It’s been official since Tuesday evening: Karim Benzema signed up for Saudi club Al-Ittihad for three seasons. After posing with his new jersey, flocked with the number 2026, the French striker (35) said to himself “can’t wait to discover a new championship in a different country”he who has just completed a fourteen-year chapter at Real Madrid. “I had the chance to accomplish extraordinary things in my career and achieve everything I could in Spain and in Europe. I think it’s time for a new challenge.”did he declare.
This project will allow “KB9” to touch a nice jackpot. As Al-Nassr was able to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Jeddah team spoiled the Ballon d’Or 2022 by offering him, according to several media, a salary of 200 million euros per year. According Football.fr, who had fun doing the calculations, this represents 16.7 million euros per month, 3.8 million euros per week, 548,000 euros per day, 22,830 euros per hour and 380.5 euros per minute. Dizzying figures which have something to make his former Portuguese teammate jealous, not as well paid on the side of Riyadh.
Karim Benzema’s XXL salary at Al-Ittihad! 🤑
Hourly rate: €22,830 😂 pic.twitter.com/NX2WZq8ygI
— Football.fr (@football_fr) June 7, 2023
A “CR7” that Karim Benzema is also very happy to find in this Persian Gulf country. “It’s a new challenge for me, a new life and I can’t wait to start training. I will do everything to win trophies, to score, to show my talent, to satisfy the fans, the club, the president, everyonehe said. It’s a good league and there are a lot of good players. Cristiano Ronaldo is already there, a friend who shows that Saudi Arabia is starting to progress. I’m here to win, like I did in Europe. »
Karim Benzema’s new contract is almost as much as an NFL team’s yearly salary cap 🤯 @brfootball
His deal is $643M over 3 years pic.twitter.com/SVnixbRRuK
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 7, 2023
