{"id":37553,"date":"2014-08-07T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=37553"},"modified":"2014-08-07T08:10:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:10:50","slug":"karim-benzema-signs-new-contract-with-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/karim-benzema-signs-new-contract-with-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema signs new contract with Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karim Benzema has ended speculation over his future after agreeing a contract extension with Real Madrid, keeping him at the Bernabeu until 2019.<\/p>\n
The striker\u2019s Real future had been in doubt following the summer arrivals of big-money signings Toni Koos and James Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
Top sides throughout Europe have been monitoring the France international\u2019s availability, with Premier League clubs Arsenal and Liverpool thought to have been among his many admirers.<\/p>\n
Benzema, 26, joined Real from Lyon in 2009 in a deal thought to be worth around 40million euros. Over the past five seasons he has scored 111 goals in 233 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n
A regular feature in France’s World Cup squad in Brazil last month, Benzema has scored 22 goals in 71 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n
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Source: Sky Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karim Benzema has ended speculation over his future after agreeing a contract extension with Real Madrid, keeping him at the Bernabeu until 2019. The striker\u2019s Real future had been in doubt following the summer arrivals of big-money signings Toni Koos and James Rodriguez. Top sides throughout Europe have been monitoring the France international\u2019s availability, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":37557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1963,29,3,561],"yoast_head":"\n