If you believe Don Balon, then the need is real. Now they are saying that Florentino Perez is desperate to offload Karim Benzema and wants to use him as a swapping chip in the deal for Mohamed Salah.
The idea of the construction magnate is to use the Frenchman, who has a release clause of €1billion (£880 million), and lower the price of the Egyptian by £50million while also providing Jurgen Klopp with an incentive to sell off his star player. Now this is some interesting piece of gossip, but we will have to wait to see if this is true or just a rumour.
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