After a slightly disappointing season, Real Madrid will see a major change in personnel this summer, including their captain Benzema. After winning the Ballon d'Or last year, Benzema is believed to have automatically renewed his contract until the summer of 2024, but there has been no official confirmation from Real Madrid. According to the Spanish media "Relevo", the Saudi side has offered Benzema a huge annual salary of 200 million euros, hoping that this seemingly dizzying offer can bring the 35-year-old Golden Globe winner to the Saudi Premier League.
With Benzema's future uncertain, Real Madrid will have to plan ahead at the centre this year. Prior to this, the name of British star Harry Kane had been associated with Real Madrid. According to Corbe's radio reporter Arancha Rodríguez, Real Madrid has a very high opinion of Kane. However, they do not want to come into contact with Tottenham chairman Levy, who seems to be notorious for more than a day or two.
This season, Tottenham have only finished 8th in the Premier League and are completely out on next season's European competition. Kane, despite scoring 30 goals in the Premier League, was still unable to save the team. With just one year left on his contract, Kane's departure this summer has been widely discussed, with European giants such as Manchester United, Bayern and Real Madrid all taking a keen interest in him. But as one Tottenham insider half-joked, if United want to sign Kane, they must first kill Levy. The latter has so far refused to discuss any transfer issues concerning Kane.
In fact, as early as 2 years ago, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City had learned Levy's power. Manchester City had just lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League final, and they tasted the pain of no one stepping up at a crucial moment in the tactical moment. So while the group stage of the European Championship was still underway, Manchester City eagerly submitted a tentative offer of £100 million, which was ignored by Levy. Later, City's offer mentioned £150 million at one point, and Kane also expressed a desire to play alongside De Bruyne. But Levy never responded to City's offer. In this case, Kane, who still has a 3-year contract, can only choose to stay.
Last summer, Manchester City successfully beat various rivals to sign Norwegian centre-forward Haaland, and it was his arrival that shattered Harry Kane's dream of winning the Premier League Golden Boot for the fourth time, 36 Premier League goals and 52 goals in all competitions so that Manchester City finally have their own super centre-forward, and they are now preparing for the FA Cup and Champions League finals, ready to take the European treble into their arms. And all this glory should have belonged to Harry Kane.
Real Madrid have also learned about Levy's difficulty, and they had a lot of trouble signing Modric and Bale, two players from Tottenham. Tottenham once offered Bale a sky-high price of 145 million euros, which made the Welsh very angry and chose to strike. In the end, Tottenham accepted a transfer fee of 100 million euros from Real Madrid and agreed to let Bale play for the Bernabeu. In the summer of 2012, before Bale's arrival, Modric turned down a contract extension to double Tottenham's salary and went to the United States to train, and finally joined Real Madrid.
With these two experiences, Real Madrid probably also know in their hearts that even if Levi leaves Kane free next summer, it will be difficult to sell him to the once bad Real Madrid now. And Real Madrid do not want to contact Levi to discuss Kane's transfer, in fact, it is also to avoid self-inflicted humiliation.