David Ornstein shares what he has heard about Karim Benzema amid Chelsea interest

David Ornstein shares what he has heard about Karim Benzema amid Chelsea interest

Chelsea suffer blow in pursuit of Karim Benzema who is set

o remain at Al-Ittihad

Sportswriter David Ornstein has updated readers on Karim Benzema’s potential move to Chelsea and

stated that the striker will stay at Al-Ittihad for the time being despite some problems with the team.

The striker is reportedly eager to return to Europe, and Manchester United is also interested in adding

the forward to their lineup on loan. Chelsea has also made a loan bid for the former Real Madrid player.

In the meantime, the Blues have added Roberto Firmino and Jhon Duan to their list of strikers and are

intensifying their search for one, possibly as a temporary solution.

But so far, Ornstein understands the striker and club will hold discussion and will sort out the issues which could see Benzema remain at the club despite several clubs’ interest, he said on The Daily Transfer Briefing:

“Karim Benzema, to my understanding, is going to be staying in the Saudi Pro League. That’s

the intention of the competition, and that extends to his club, Al-Ittihad, despite there being

a bit of an issue going on right now and suggestions that he’s not turning up for training

camps, etc.”

“I’m told that he will be reintegrated into training, the meetings will be taking place, and I

think there are some planned in Dubai for later this week, and they’ll try and smooth that

situation over.”

It would have been difficult to sign him even if he had been available since the Saudi

organization would have demanded a loan charge and might have even told us to pay his

hefty salary. However, we can consider other choices. Firmino is another option, but it would

be foolish to sign Duan given that we already have Armando Broja and Nicolas Jackson. Why

add another young player when we already have two?

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We still have good choices if we don’t wind up signing any of them, and if Christopher

Nkunku stays healthy till the conclusion of the season, we shouldn’t have too much problem

scoring goals. Jackson is beginning to demonstrate his ability to score goals, and Broja will be

a reliable backup.

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