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Juve plan Benzema bid
Juventus have joined the queue to sign new French star Karim Benzema and may make a move before the January transfer window.
The 19-year-old Lyon forward has been linked with several teams recently, including Inter, Milan and Fiorentina so it won’t be easy for the Bianconeri to get their hands on him.
The Viola have also sent one of their scouts to follow the steps of Benzema and they are heavily interested in signing him.
Furthermore, the Ligue 1 champions are not willing to sell their newest hero and are unlikely to settle for anything less than £20m.
“He is simply extraordinary,” said the current Juve striker David Trezeguet [pictured], who has named the youngster as his natural successor for the French national team.
“Benzema is scoring continuously and he reminds me of myself when I was young. He has the strength of Ronaldo and the speed of Ronaldinho,” he concluded.
But the French outfit have warned the Bianconeri off their starlet, as their President Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed.
“We have no intention of selling Benzema. Furthermore, we do not want to swap him with Tiago Mendes. If the Bianconeri want one of our players they have to come up with the cash.”
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Juventus have joined the queue to sign new French star Karim Benzema and may make a move before the January transfer window.
The 19-year-old Lyon forward has been linked with several teams recently, including Inter, Milan and Fiorentina so it won’t be easy for the Bianconeri to get their hands on him.
The Viola have also sent one of their scouts to follow the steps of Benzema and they are heavily interested in signing him.
Furthermore, the Ligue 1 champions are not willing to sell their newest hero and are unlikely to settle for anything less than £20m.
“He is simply extraordinary,” said the current Juve striker David Trezeguet [pictured], who has named the youngster as his natural successor for the French national team.
“Benzema is scoring continuously and he reminds me of myself when I was young. He has the strength of Ronaldo and the speed of Ronaldinho,” he concluded.
But the French outfit have warned the Bianconeri off their starlet, as their President Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed.
“We have no intention of selling Benzema. Furthermore, we do not want to swap him with Tiago Mendes. If the Bianconeri want one of our players they have to come up with the cash.”
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Benzema has left Thierry Henry awe-inspired. I would urge all Juventus tifosi to watch the next France international just to see Benzema play and link up with any of Nasri, Henry and Menez.
He is truly exceptional and the level of risk would be similar to that of signing Wayne Rooney as Manchester United did at the age of 18. The only difference would be a different league and a new language.
He is truly exceptional and the level of risk would be similar to that of signing Wayne Rooney as Manchester United did at the age of 18. The only difference would be a different league and a new language.
Inter Send Scouts To Watch Benzema
Inter are the latest Italian club to be linked with young French forward Karim Benzema and have sent scouts to watch him during France’s Euro 2008 qualifier with Lithuania tomorrow.
The 19-year-old Lyon hitman is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in French football at the moment and scored two goals for Les Bleus during the 6-0 weekend thrashing of the Faroe Islands.
Benzema is set to partner Thierry Henry up-front in Wednesday’s clash with Lithuania in Paris after Nicolas Anelka pulled out through injury.
Milan and Juventus have already expressed an interest in the six-foot striker, but now Inter have also entered the frame.
The Nerazzurri already have an excellent relationship with Benzema’s club-side Lyon, after negotiating the sale of Fabio Grosso to them in the summer.
Benzema is unlikely to come cheap though and Lyon Chairman Jean-Michel Aulas is famed for only letting star-players leave if the right offer comes in. In recent seasons the likes of Michael Essien and Mahamadou Diarra have been sold for monstrous amounts of money.
Inter already have a plethora of top-class forwards in their squad, in the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Hernan Crespo, Julio Cruz, David Suazo, and Adriano, and so it will be interesting to see where Benzema will fit into this mix.
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Inter are the latest Italian club to be linked with young French forward Karim Benzema and have sent scouts to watch him during France’s Euro 2008 qualifier with Lithuania tomorrow.
The 19-year-old Lyon hitman is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in French football at the moment and scored two goals for Les Bleus during the 6-0 weekend thrashing of the Faroe Islands.
Benzema is set to partner Thierry Henry up-front in Wednesday’s clash with Lithuania in Paris after Nicolas Anelka pulled out through injury.
Milan and Juventus have already expressed an interest in the six-foot striker, but now Inter have also entered the frame.
The Nerazzurri already have an excellent relationship with Benzema’s club-side Lyon, after negotiating the sale of Fabio Grosso to them in the summer.
Benzema is unlikely to come cheap though and Lyon Chairman Jean-Michel Aulas is famed for only letting star-players leave if the right offer comes in. In recent seasons the likes of Michael Essien and Mahamadou Diarra have been sold for monstrous amounts of money.
Inter already have a plethora of top-class forwards in their squad, in the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Hernan Crespo, Julio Cruz, David Suazo, and Adriano, and so it will be interesting to see where Benzema will fit into this mix.
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then get the hunter.
he is better..whoever says otherwise is either biased or hasnt seen Benzema play
Ben Arfa himself would cost 15-20M Benzema would cost even more than that probably.
The kid is definitely something special..he's fast,strong,agile and skillful..i'm still not too impressed by his finishing but he's 20 and he can only improve..he is the current top scorer of the ligue though.
Ben Arfa himself would cost 15-20M Benzema would cost even more than that probably.
The kid is definitely something special..he's fast,strong,agile and skillful..i'm still not too impressed by his finishing but he's 20 and he can only improve..he is the current top scorer of the ligue though.
Classic Italian bias.
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