If everything goes according to plan with Lionel Messi, the contract that Al-Ittihad has presented to him puts him in second place behind Cristiano Ronaldo.Karim Benzema will be joining a new club as of the 30th of June. The Frenchman eventually agreed to sign with the Saudi Arabian team Al-Ittihad after receiving an outrageous offer from the organization. As a result, he is now the second-highest paid player in the world, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo.
As a result, everything depends on whether or not Lionel Messi will accept the offer from Saudi Arabia of 400 million euros, which would put him ahead of both of the players who previously played for Real Madrid.
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Benzema came to an agreement on Sunday for a new contract that will keep him under contract through the year 2025 and give him the opportunity to extend it through the year 2026.
In his role as an ambassador for the World Cup in 2030, which Saudi Arabia hopes to host, he would get a salary of one hundred million euros per season, in addition to a one-time bonus payment of twenty million euros.
As a result, the footballer who formerly played for Real Madrid is going to make a total of at least 220 million euros and possibly as much as 320 million euros.
The disparity is enormous when taking into account the fact that he made 28 million gross every season while playing for Real Madrid.
This must be supplemented by the information that Saudi Arabia does not impose an income tax; hence, he will be in a position to benefit from large tax breaks.
Karim Benzema will receive 86 million euros more net every season, minus the 20 million euro incentive, compared to what he received in net numbers at Real Madrid, which was roughly 14 million euros. To put it another way, Karim Benzema will receive 86 million euros more net per season.
This is further indication that Saudi Arabia is betting considerably on the Arab league’s rising importance, and what better way to do so than to include players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Lionel Messi in the same competition? Moreover, this is another evidence that Saudi Arabia is betting significantly on the Arab league’s increased relevance.
Interesting facts about Al-Ittihad, Karim Benzema’s future team
The Frenchman will join a team that has just won the Arab League by defeating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, who had just faced Real Madrid and Karim Benzema in the Club World Cup final.
This team from Jeddah has some familiar personalities and intriguing facts to consider. Former Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo coaches the Saudi team.
The native of Santo Tome moved to Arab football after his Premier League career with Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton was cut short.
Abderrazak Hamdallah, who tallied 21 goals and contributed to Morocco’s historic fourth-place finish at the World Cup in Qatar, is also a member of this team.
The French striker is already familiar with Al-Ittihad’s home stadium, King Abdullah Sports City, where Real Madrid won the first Spanish Super Cup to be contested on Arabian soil in 2020.
The club has won 35 titles in total, including nine Leagues, nine King’s Cups, eight Prince’s Cups, three Federation Cups, one Super Cup, five AFC Championships, one Cup Winners’ Cup, one Arab Champions League, and one Gulf Club Cup.