Goodbye Pharaoh, the 324 million that would prompt Salah's departure from Liverpool to sign for Arabia

Benzema's imminent arrival at Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad means an exodus of players looking to pocket a few million petrodollars before retirement. Until a few days ago he was one of the idols of the most powerful and winningest team on the planet, Real Madrid, but today, the news that is going around the world is that the French striker, Karim Benzema, will play in the new mecca of high-profit football, Saudi Arabia.

According to information from sports journalist Fabrizio Romano, the striker has already signed all the important documents to play for Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia and there are only a few small details to make it official. The imminent arrival of Benzema in this league is added to the already announced signing of star Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been playing for Al-Nassr F for several months now, after reaching a million-dollar deal. "Karim Benzema has already signed most of the (necessary) documents to become the new player of Al Ittihad in the Saudi League. The contract will be valid until 2025, however, it also includes an option to extend the tie for one more season. Karim will say goodbye to the fans of Madrid and then travel to Saudi Arabia", the journalist highlighted on his twitter account.

But if we talk about Saudi Arabia, we automatically think of petrodollars and on this occasion, we are in the presence of a juicy transaction between the club and the Champions League winning striker. According to publications in international media such as Diario As, the deal to sign Karim is 100 million euros for the player, i.e. 200 million for the contract period, which runs until 2025.

Salah's salary

According to various sources, Saudi Arabia wants to sign world football stars who are over 30 years old and Mohamed Salah is one of the targets. If Benzema is being offered 15 times the salary he earned at Real Madrid, Salah could be offered around 324 million a year by multiplying by 15 the current salary he earns at Liverpool, which is 18 million.