Real Madrid’s Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema has signed for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad for three years starting next season.
Real Madrid had announced that the 35-year-old was leaving the club after 14 seasons, the day after coach Carlo Ancelotti had said there was no doubt Benzema’s future lay in the Spanish capital.
Benzema will join his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo in the Gulf kingdom after the five-time world player of the year moved to Al Nassr from Manchester United following last year’s World Cup.