The Barça descartó the signing of Karim Benzema before it went to the Madrid

Karim Benzema fichó by the Real Madrid in the summer of 2009, pertinent of the Olympique of Lyon. The French arrived to the white club with alone 21 years to compete by a place in the forward. Then it was one of the most promising players of the world. Eleven years afterwards is one of the best forwards of the last decade and an alive legend of the Madrid.

But what perhaps no all the world know is that a year before his signing by the Madrid, the FC Barcelona descartó his arrival after gathering with him. As it informs the newspaper Marks, in the summer of 2008 the club barcelonista was looking for a forward and the reports of Benzema were excellent. Pep Guardiola was satisfied with his arrival and the Barça was very interested in achieving his traspaso. But a meeting changed it everything.

Txiki Beguiristain, the Barcelona technical secretary of that then, travelled to Lyon to gather with the footballer and know of first hands how were he and his nearer surroundings. The ex technical secretary of the Barça was until the own house of Karim and the impression that carried was not the expected. In the press barcelonista and in the own club gave by done his arrival, but everything twisted .

To Txiki did not like him the environment that breathed in the meeting. The friendships of the player were not the most convenient and the own personality of the Frenchman did not square him too much. According to the ex barcelonista, during the meeting Benzema did not look him to the face while they spoke and this did that no fiara too much of him. Finally the meeting finish and Txiki did not go out at all convinced of the same.

Benzema Finish in the Madrid a year afterwards

The ex Barcelona leader thought that the French would not adapt to the Barcelona and that it would be a problematic player. From here that descartara his signing and a year later signed to Ibrahimovic. In this same campaign 2009-2010, Florentino Pérez also displaced until the house of the forward in Lyon and closed he same his signing this same day.

The career of Benzema in the Madrid has been full of altibajos, but is indisputable that has been basic so that the white group have won four Champions in alone five seasons. Leaving to a side his problems with the justice and speaking only of football, the investment that did the Madrid was excellent. The tip is the maximum chamber goleador of the history of the Glass of Europe and one of the maxima goleadores of the history of the white club. The question is, in the Barça also would have triumphed? The true is that never we will know it with security.