{"id":13820,"date":"2026-01-30T04:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/karim-benzema-feels-disrespected-by-al-ittihad-contract-offer-sources\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T04:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:37:18","slug":"karim-benzema-feels-disrespected-by-al-ittihad-contract-offer-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/karim-benzema-feels-disrespected-by-al-ittihad-contract-offer-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema feels &#8216;disrespected&#8217; by Al Ittihad contract offer &#8211; sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Karim Benzema felt disrespected after the contract extension offered to him by Al Ittihad, sources have told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The French striker, 38, on Thursday decided to take himself out of the first team squad and is training on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Without Benzema on Thursday, Al Ittihad played out a 2-2 draw against Al Fateh in Saudi Pro League action.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0111%2Fr1436902_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0111%2Fr1436902_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0111%2Fr1436902_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0111%2Fr1436902_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Karim Benzema has scored eight goals this season for Al Ittihad.\u00a0<cite>Photo by Yasser Bakhsh\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Benzema&#8217;s place up front was taken by Saleh Al-Shehri, who opened the scoring in the 25th minute for Al Ittihad. With the draw, Al Ittihad sit in sixth place in the league table.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, is out of contract in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The deal on the table from the Saudi Pro League, which handle the contracts of the main players in PIF-owned clubs, would basically mean he would almost play for free, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Real Madrid captain, who won 25 trophies with <em>Los Blancos<\/em>, including four LaLiga, three Copa del Rey, and five Champions League titles, has been in decent form this season with eight goals in 14 games in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said he is considering all his options.<\/p>\n<p>France winger Moussa Diaby is rumoured to be leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p>France midfielder N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9 is &#8220;very close&#8221; to agreeing terms with Fenerbah\u00e7e, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Kant\u00e9 is set to be out of contract this summer, after three seasons in the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, negotiations between Al Ittihad and Fenerbah\u00e7e over a transfer fee are ongoing, as the Saudi side do not want to lose Kant\u00e9 on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karim Benzema felt disrespected after the contract extension offered to him by Al Ittihad, sources have told ESPN. The French striker, 38, on Thursday decided to take himself out of the first team squad and is training on his own. Without Benzema on Thursday, Al Ittihad played out a 2-2 draw against Al Fateh in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-transfers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r1436902_1296x729_16-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}