Having dropped several points in the Premier League in the last few games, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal are currently in the 4th place in the points table, 12 points off Chelsea at the top of the pile, with 15 games to go this season.
The loss against the Blues at the Stamford Bridge would have been humiliating for the Gunners fans who have already started turning against the manager who has not helped them to a league title in over a decade.
The French manager at the helm of the Emirates spend decent money in the summer transfer window before the start of the current season and has managed to get a couple of them to start regularly this season.
However, it is quite evident that Arsenal need a few additions to compete with the best and this has seen the manager linked with some of the best players in Europe at the moment for a move this summer.
One such name that is constantly doing the rounds recently is Real Madrid hitman Karim Benzema.
The French international is already among the highest goal scorers for Real Madrid in its history but he has not been at his best recently and Zinedine Zidane, the manager at the Bernabeu is determined to replace him with another star player at the end of the season.
This has seen the striker linked with an exit in the summer and Arsenal, are one of the few teams who are ready to move for him.
Benzema was a transfer target for the Gunners in the summer transfer window, along with a few other names on the list and it is now understood that Wenger might not yet be able to lure him out.
Putting to bed all rumors linking him with an exit, Karim Benzema, is now set to pen a new deal at the Spanish capital to secure his long term future.
According to reports from Spanish news outfit AS, Benzema is now close to signing a new deal with Real Madrid.
Arsenal were reportedly preparing a £50m bid for him in the summer but they were dealt a huge blow this week after it is revealed that Benzema will extend his contract with the club for a long time.
The report suggests that Real Madrid are offering Benzema a bumper deal of £7.7m, which roughly sums up to £147,000 a week on his new deal.
It is a considerable increase on the wages on his previous contract that ran till 2019 and it is now understood that Wenger will not be able to lure him out this summer.
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