Karim Benzema has handed potential suitors a blow with the news that he will be staying at Real Madrid until 2024, having agreed a contract extension with the Spanish giants.
The Ballon d'Or winner, who has been at Los Blancos since 2009 and who would have been out of contract in the summer, is reported to have 'verbally agreed' the extension ahead of Wednesday evening's Champions League clash with Liverpool, as per L'Equipe.
Benzema has been a stalwart for the club since arriving in the Spanish capital from Lyon fourteen years ago, but his career was further burnished after Cristiano Ronaldo's €116m transfer to Juventus in 2018.