Welcome everybody into this the latest edition of ESPN FC alongside

Chuck Hizlop, Steve Nickel, I'm Sebastian Salazar. Great to have you with us. Lots to get to in this

edition of the show as transfers talk starts to dominate the global headlines. But let's start by

discussing a move that is done. Karim Benzema, of course, making the jump from Real Madrid to

Al-Idihad in the Saudi Arabian League. And there it is, an undeniable legacy for Karim Benzema

at Real Madrid, the top line, the most important five time you wait for Champions League winner.

Joining us for more on this, our colleague, Julian Laron. I don't know if he's the guy who coined

the term Karim the Dream, but he certainly is the man who made it famous. So, Jules, what's bigger here?

Karim Benzema's legacy at Real Madrid or the whole that he now leaves behind at the club?

So, good question. So, really good. I mean, the legacy we mentioned it a little bit on the

Sean Sundanite already in the sense that all those trophies you mentioned the 14-year

that longevity in the in the biggest club in the world, the greatest club in the world, where

even Cristiano did then last that long. You know, there's there's not that many players who would

have said are Madrid for more than 14 years like Karim did. And so, all those things, I think,

have to come in consideration where when we judge him really over those 14-year, the highs,

the lows, the difficult start, of course, and the Jules Morrinho, when Cristiano was at his best,

the kind of second role that Karim took. And then, obviously, when Cristiano left,

Karim took over the leadership, took over the key role, the the extractor of that team with

so much flare and talent and elegance, really, and those numbers of last season, especially,

I'm not the one that just finished the one before when he won the ballon d'Or, I just

exceptional for someone at 34 years old. So, incredible, the legacy and the whole day leaves

as well because it was also the club captain. And I think he was just more than just a leader,

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