Benzema: “They told me: 'Karim, you have to come home, Florentino Pérez is here”

This Wednesday at 10:30 pm #Vamos will broadcast “Universo Valdano: Benzema”, a program in which through a talk with Jorge Valdano, the striker who begins his twelfth season at Real Madrid, reviews his arrival in Madrid, the difficulty of his first months, the first meeting with Florentino Pérez and how it felt when she landed in a star-studded locker room.

The conversation takes place in Valdebebas, Real Madrid's training place and today their home in home games, and in it you can discover the most intimate and personal side of the white star. “I was not aware of what Real Madrid means, the team, the people, the pressure, the city. I was alone, I didn't speak Spanish. It was difficult, if you don't feel well off the field, inside it is very complicated. It is what happened to me the first year “, declares the player about his complicated beginnings in the white entity.

Karim also tells how it was his famous first meeting with Florentino Pérez, president who undertook his signing and who has always been his great defender since he arrived at Real Madrid. “My friends, my family and my agents told me, you have to come home. I told them I couldn't and they insist, you have to come, here is Florentino Pérez. I opened the door and saw him. I remember he told me, do I have your word? … and I said, yes yes “.

His particular way of understanding the role of a forward is another of the issues that the former Real Madrid player and manager deals with with the Frenchman. “The forward has to know how to do a lot of things, not just score goals. I can score a goal, but if I don't touch the ball in 90 minutes, that's a problem.“.

The Universo Valdano program with Karim Benzenma will will broadcast on Wednesday, October 7 at 10:30 p.m. on #Vamos de Movistar Plus. It will also be available to non-Movistar viewers through the lite offer.