Karim Benzema is so close to signing with Arsenal that the Gooner faithful can already taste it.
With recent reports claiming that Karim Benzema is close to a deal with Arsenal, a trusted journalist emerged with a big piece of news regarding the transfer.
Italian journalist Enanuele Giulianelli, a writer for FIFA Weekly, Panenka, FourFourTwo, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Il Messaggero, and Radio Yorkshire, reported on Twitter that Arsenal management are expected to meet with Real Madrid management to finalize a transfer.
The transfer bid is expected to be for €50 million and will lead to a four-year contract for Karim Benzema worth approximately £120,000-a-week.
Arsenal mission tomorrow in Madrid to close the deal for Benzema. Offer will be around €50mln.
— Emanuele Giulianelli (@EmaGiulianelli) August 6, 2015
Benzema himself asked Real Madrid to join Arsenal. The meeting of tomorrow is to agree the payment terms.
— Emanuele Giulianelli (@EmaGiulianelli) August 6, 2015
A €35 million signing out of Lyon in 2009, Karim Benzema has arguably been Real Madrid’s most consistent striker not-named-Ronaldo over the last six seasons. Benzema has recorded double-digit league goals and 20+ total goals in each of the last five years and in seven of the last eight.
As a member of Lyon, Benzema won four straight Ligue 1 titles from 2005 to 2008.
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