Benzema, last year's Golden Globe winner, will not renew his contract this summer and will move to Saudi Arabia's Super Jeddah United. It is no longer possible for Benzema to win the Ballon d'Or or even win the Champions League, but it is still no problem to play the main team in Real Madrid, and the owner Florentino and manager Carlo Ancelotti want him to renew his contract.
The reason why Benzema refused was that the Saudi side gave too much, with an annual salary of 100 million euros, after taxes, two years. Benzema hadn't earned that much in his fourteen years at Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the first, Benzema is the second, but by no means the last. A reporter from Spain's Six said many important players will arrive in Saudi Arabia this summer. There will be offers for players who look unshakable at Real Madrid and Barca.
On Barca's side, Lewandowski, who is currently in the squad, and Messi, who is not in the squad, have received offers from Saudi Arabia, but both have refused without hesitation.
Lewandowski is currently Barca's main centre-forward, and his career is actually close to his twilight years, and after coming to Barca, he does not see any hope of competing for the Ballon d'Or, but he still does not want to leave, even if he can earn much more by going to Saudi Arabia. World Sport News reported that after playing for Barca for a year, Lewandowski feels good at Barca, no matter what the offer from the Saudi side is, Lewandowski is not willing to leave Barca. In addition, considering the possibility of Messi playing for Barca again, this will also be an important factor for Lewandowski to stay. In a previous interview with the media, Lewandowski expressed his desire to play football with Messi.
Regarding the annual salary that the Saudi side gave to Messi, the initial version was 1.4 billion euros for 2 years, then 400 million euros per year, and 1.2 billion euros for 2 years. But since the rumors until now, Messi has never responded.
Messi, whose contract expires as a free agent with Paris Saint-Germain, is waiting, waiting for a response from his old club Barca.
Barca's Romero said Messi is not in good spirits at the moment and he does not know what the final result will be. If it all depended on him, he would play for Barca for free.
Messi's father, Jorge Messi, said in a recent interview: "Messi wants to return to Barca, I also hope that he will come back, and there will be a decision soon, I believe he can return to Barca.
Messi returns to Barca, and the annual salary is not a problem, but a salary cap.
Spain's Six reported that Laporta had told Messi's father that Messi's return to Barca was possible, but Messi had to wait.
Barça offered a draft contract with a net annual salary of 12 million euros.
Obviously, for the current Messi, how much money to earn is not the most important thing, where to play is the most important, 12 million euros annual salary for Barça to play, is the "friendship price", Saudi Arabia played for two years, is 100 times this number, but Messi is unmoved.