“Benzema is right here, Benzema is a tiger and Benzema is from Ittihad”, are the slogans which have appeared within the presentation This week the signing of Benzema was introduced after 14 years at Real MadridThe Frenchman took the sector at 9:55 p.m. – Saudi time – and was greeted by youngsters on a walkway that led to the middle of the stadium
It has been a presentation in model. Karim Benzema has been introduced in Saudi Arabia with out sparing a penny. Thousands of individuals have flocked to the Al Jawhara stadium, within the coastal metropolis of Jeddah, to welcome the Frenchman of Algerian origin within the black and yellow striped package.
“I’ve received many issues in Europe. I’ve signed right here with loads of ambition and eager to contribute my expertise, hoping to win many titles and eager to play to lift the membership, regardless of already being very excessive”, he assured in French the participant in his presentation to the media.
“Benzema is right here, Benzema is a tiger and Benzema is from Ittihad”, are the slogans that appeared on the presentation, filled with lights, fireplace and pyrotechnics with some 60,000 spectators.
This week the signing of Benzema was introduced after 14 years at Real Madrid, the place he has achieved a large number of successes.
All prepared
The Frenchman took to the sector at 9:55 p.m. -Saudi Arabia time- and was acquired by youngsters on a catwalk that took him to the middle of the stadium carrying the quantity 9 shirt.
“Salam Aleykum (peace be upon you),” Benzema stated on the stadium presentation, interspersing a couple of odd phrases in Arabic along with his solutions, which he gave in English.
Al Ittihad is “a very good workforce, they need the championship. God prepared, we’re going to put the workforce on the highest stage, God prepared,” he stated with the microphone in hand, earlier than opening a black field that he had inside a ballon d’or
Earlier, within the media presentation, the Frenchman of Algerian origin assured that he had chosen to be a part of this membership as a result of it has “loads of worth” and due to “the character of the followers”, of whom he praised their ardour.
“The followers and the individuals of Saudi Arabia are extremely popular. I’ve performed matches right here and I really like that warmth. I already noticed this insanity yesterday and it moved me, I hope to provide all of them that warmth on the sector,” he stated in reference to his arrival in Jeddah, the town on the shores of the Red Sea that will probably be his dwelling till 2026.
Asked about his household and the way they accepted shifting to the Arab kingdom, Benzema replied with a smile that they’re “very comfortable” and that they’ve had no doubts in touring to Saudi Arabia, because the nation has “opened its arms” to him.
The Frenchman thus joins different soccer stars, akin to Cristiano Ronaldo, who the Saudi league is recruiting for tens of millions of euros in its new marketing campaign to advertise the nation.
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