I believe anything at this point. On track to 40 goals this season, do it 3 more times... He'd be 37 by then. I don't think he makes it though, yeah.
Perhaps, he has managed to stay in great form and he might want to retire here. When Mbappe comes here he's going to get a lot more support so he could have a few more seasons at the top level in him.
He has been underrated for years.
Isn't he younger than our current forwards?
Also just to add to that, he's never been Madrid's penalty taker until this season.
How come you gave up on him at this point?
Because he was genuinely poor those season tbf. He just became a totally new beast in the last few years.
He is good but given his negative public image and accusations of blackmail. I don’t think any top team would touch him if he was available.
He was genuinely poor in 17/18 except for a couple games. Looked done honestly, and aside from being a foil to Cristiano it was hard to see what value he could bring to the team compared to a top goalscorer. So glad he immediately proved me wrong the next season, by turning into said great goalscorer
Haha, in fairness it didn't !! Mad to think that, now, 4 years later, when Benzema should be completely past it, that he is now so much further ahead of Lukaku !Didn't sound as bad back then.
fecking hell this was a good post, a little exaggeration but the sentiment was true.
And for most of his career he hasn't been the focal point of that attack.
Unpopular opinion but I think pens should always be discounted (or at least counted separately) when discussing goalscoring records. Golden boot should go to the player who scores the most goals from open play in a season etc
I respectfully disagree on penalties being scrapped.
That may be true in the context of team success but it's a free hit when it comes to padding individual goal stats. Benzema missed out on an easy chance to inflate his goal stats for the best part of a decade due to nothing more than hierarchy within the club.
I think that’s absurd, to be honest.
Why would he? Mbappe isn't a CF and they've already won a trophy together for France
That's a stretch.
I don't think that's always true or is a little overblown on here.
Ofcourse he isn’t. He’s one of their very best though.
Besides Di Stefano I don't think anyone can be argued to be "greater" than Ronaldo
No, Ronaldo is a colossus. Way above most and only second to Di Stefano.
For some reason I had it in my head that Ronaldo's relationship with Madrid fans was a bit bumpy at times.. I stand corrected obviously!
So was Benzema’s.
Up there with Salah so far for me.
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