<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:18px;">The Saudi club, Ittihad Jeddah, announced the contract with French star Karim Benzema for a period of 3 seasons, to continue until 2026.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Ittihad Jeddah published a video through its official account on the social networking site "Twitter" announcing the contract with Benzema and wrote, "Benzema is federal... luck tonight is generous."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/931af6a83b1ba7f51dbc3b19cdac5065.webp" style="width: 621px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Real Madrid, the Spanish club, announced the departure of its captain, Karim Benzema, the team's striker, after spending more than 14 years within the royal walls.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Real Madrid's official website published a statement saying, "Real Madrid wants to show its gratitude and all its affection towards who is truly one of our greatest legends."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/28a9c3ebe0194cf1b52f5e73efd2a260.jpg" style="width: 401px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:18px;">Karim Benzema arrived at Real Madrid in 2009, at only 21 years old, and was a key player in this golden era of our history. During the 14 seasons in which he defended our shield and shirt, he won 25 trophies, which is a record for Real Madrid: 5 European Cups, 5 Club World Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 League Championships, 3 King's Cups and 4 Spanish Super Cups.</span></p>