2024-01-22 22:43:20
Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, coach of the first Al-Ittihad Football team, refused to allow French star Karim Benzema to join the team’s training sessions taking place in Dubai these days, within the ongoing hiatus period.
Private sources revealed to Al-Riyadiya that the Frenchman is continuing his solitary training in the city of Jeddah, amid attempts by club officials to bring the viewpoints closer between the two parties, before the resumption of the “Roshen” matches in mid-February.
Benzema, who won the “Palandor” award in 2022, had been absent from Al-Ittihad training since the end of last December, and after the return of Al-Ittihad training on January 15, the French star continued to be absent, which prompted the Argentine coach Gaillard to exclude him from the Al-Ittihad camp in Dubai, and refused to join until The time this news was prepared.
In the past two days, foreign media indicated the possibility of Benzema leaving Al-Ittihad in the current winter market for Lyon in France, the club from which the international striker started before moving to Real Madrid.
It is noteworthy that the veteran French striker Benzema signed a contract with Ittihad Jeddah for 3 years last summer.
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