Saudi Pro League, mystery around Karim Benzema

The former Real Madrid's adventure in Arabia is not going as he hoped

Trouble for Benzema in Saudi Arabia. After losing, badly, the big match against Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr team (5-2 the final in favor of the Portuguese), the Frenchman, star of Al-Ittihad, è disappeared from the radar. He first blacked out his social profile on Instagram and then, as several media outlets report, left the capital Jeddah to return to his beloved France.

Marca, gathering the confidences of some friends, speaks of injury but his club, at the moment, has not released any official communication. In fact, there is no clarity as to why Benzema is no longer in Saudi Arabia. There'è even those who speculate that he may never return there again. It should be remembered that Al-Ittihad è reigning champions but, this year, lagging far behind the leading Al-Hilal (-25 points).

It should be mentioned that the former Real Madrid star signed a two-year nabob contract with Al-Ittihad last June, amounting to as much as 200 million euros per season. His impact on the Saudi Pro League has not è lived up to expectations, so much so that fans openly criticized him after the heavy misstep with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr.