Al-Ittihad legend, Mohamed Noor, has slammed the membership’s former famous person, Karim Benzema after the Frenchman moved to Al-Hilal.
Al-Hilal and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr are battling it out for who wins the SPL title this season.
Benzema, former Ballon d’Or winner, signed with Al-Hilal on an 18-month deal as a free agent after leaving Al-Ittihad final month.
Noor, who spoke on the Our League is Completely different present, mentioned Benzema didn’t contribute a lot in his first season at Al-Ittihad, however the followers nonetheless supported him.
He was very upset about how Benzema’s transfer occurred, as a result of the membership didn’t get any cash from the switch since he moved with out paying something.
“When Benzema joined Al-Ittihad, he didn’t contribute a lot within the first season. However issues began to alter within the subsequent season,” he mentioned.
“The followers performed an enormous position by supporting him, being there for him, chanting his title, and cheering him on. Benzema didn’t rating numerous penalties final season, however the followers stored cheering for him, being there for him and giving him assist all the best way till the crew gained each the league and cup titles.
“Is it honest for him to affix the crew this season after which say he doesn’t need to play with them? With all due respect, he’s not even near being pretty much as good as Cristiano Ronaldo, and he doesn’t even need to be talked about.
“If Benzema didn’t need to end his contract with the crew, the membership ought to have gotten the cash from his leaving, at the very least they need to have obtained the remainder of the cash he was owed underneath his contract.
“Benzema didn’t have the fitting to resolve to affix Al-Hilal as a result of he nonetheless had his contract. If he needed to do this, he ought to have completed his contract first, and after that, he might decide no matter he needed.
“Since he joined Al-Ittihad, I hoped Benzema would depart the Saudi League and never go to Al-Hilal like that,” he mentioned (by way of Kooora.com).
Karim Benzema tried to go away Al-Ittihad throughout the January switch window by on the lookout for a brand new crew. He didn’t play of their final two video games earlier than his switch on deadline day as a result of he couldn’t attain an settlement with the membership on a brand new contract.
Al-Ittihad provided the 38-year-old participant, who nonetheless had six months left on his present contract, a brand new deal that might have principally meant he performed with out getting paid.
This made him and his brokers upset, so he determined to go away the membership and go to a different place in Saudi Arabia.
