I Want To Play For Real Madrid - Benzema

Monday, 15 December 08, 05:34 PM · Comments(1)

Lyon starlet, Karim Benzema, has given the surest sign yet about where he will be playing his football next season. He's stated that he promised his mother he would play for Real Madrid, and that is what he wants to do...

With Klaas-Jan Huntelaar joining Real Madrid this winter, rumours have already circulated that this might effectively put the defending La Liga champions out of the race to sign Karim Benzema.

However, the young French international still seems intent on leaving Lyon for the Spanish capital, as he revealed to Le Buteur today.

"It is my hidden dream in sport and it is a dream that is coming closer little by little," he declared.

"I like the white kit, the stadium, the atmosphere that exists around the Bernabéu...I promised my mother that one day I would play for Real Madrid, and I want that to come true."

Benzema has already become a hit in France, despite his young age (he turns 21 in four days' time), and it seems almost certain now that he will move on next summer.

However, the main stumbling block to any move could be Lyon president, Jean Michel Aulas, who stated a few months ago that whoever signed him would have to pay 'more than €100 million.'

The French international made his debut for Lyon back in 2004, and this campaign he has already scored nine goals in 16 matches as Les Gones bid for an eighth straight league title.

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