Florentino Perez mentioned that Karim Benzema is a mixture of Ronaldo Nazario and Zinedine Zidane after seeing the Actual Madrid star win the Ballon d’Or.
- Benzema wins first Ballon d’Or
- Perez believes the striker deserves award
- Ignores Mbappe switch debate
WHAT HAPPENED? The Actual Madrid president shared his ideas on Benzema successful the Ballon d’Or for the primary time after scoring 44 objectives in 46 video games for Actual Madrid final season. Perez believes the French striker has comparable attributes to Zidane and Ronaldo, each of whom have been signed by him in the course of the first Galacticos period at Santiago Bernabeu.
WHAT THEY SAID: “I am pleased as a result of eventually Karim Benzema has his due as one of the best participant on this planet, which is what he has been for just a few years. He has deserved it for a very long time as a result of he has been one of the best for 3 or 4 years,” Perez informed Cadena Ser after the ceremony in Paris.
The Madrid chief added: “He is a 9 that is a mixture of Ronaldo Nazario and Zinedine Zidane. He is a 9 that does these two jobs on the identical time. He strikes ahead like Zidane did and shoots on aim like Ronaldo did.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Perez was additionally quizzed a few attainable switch for Kylian Mbappe as soon as once more amid recent experiences that he needs to depart Paris Saint-Germain in January. “I did not even learn it. We already had a very good summer season in order that’s out of the query,” he mentioned. ”Actual Madrid solely appears to be like on the gamers they’ve and we’re delighted with them. We aren’t doing badly with the variety of younger gamers we’ve got. We’ve got a really promising future.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR BENZEMA? After choosing up his first Ballon d’Or, Benzema will look so as to add to his tally of objectives in La Liga when Actual Madrid face Elche on Wednesday.