A president comes to see me
Florentino personally went to the player’s house to talk to him. “I was out there with my friends, calm. And suddenly they called me, my family and agent, to tell me that I had to go home quickly , that we had to talk. Honestly, I told them to leave me, that I didn’t have time. But they answered ‘you have to come, Florentino is here ‘, acknowledged the footballer himself in an interview with #Vamos . To continue: “ What did I do? Was I clear. While he was thinking ‘this man has brought Zizou , Ronaldo, the Galacticos…’. Suddenly I opened the door and saw him, there he was. I didn’t say anything, just ‘hi ‘.
and gave him his word
After breaking the ice, the crux of the matter arrived. Florentino asked a brief question: “Do you want to play for Real Madrid?” To which Benzema replied: “Yes”. That gave way to both reaching a verbal agreement , as the striker later said: “I give you my word. I’m going to sign for Real Madrid . ” Florentino did not need more, who reached an agreement with Lyon for the transfer of him in exchange for 35 million (which could rise to 41 in terms of variables). On the last day of June, in an interview with Cadena SER , he said: “The next signing will be tomorrow or the day after.” It did not fail. Barely 24 hours later, Benzema was already from Madrid .