Louis Saha, a former striker for Manchester United, thinks Erik ten Hag might want to make a crazy offer for Karim Benzema. However, he does say that this could just be wishful thought.

He moved from Real Madrid to the Saudi club Al-Ittihad this summer. He is 36 years old. He has scored 12 goals in 20 games so far. But Ten Hag won’t be able to improve things much in January. This season, United has had trouble scoring.

Club leaders don’t think much will be spent this time because they are worried about Financial Fair Play. Last summer, they spent more than £180 million. Because of this, they have to look at loan deals or deals with low prices. Even though Benzema is old, he won’t be cheap because his contract in Saudi Arabia doesn’t end until 2026. Instead, United would have to offer a loan. But Saha also said that this could just be a dream. He thinks that Benzema would give United the goal-scoring skills they need right now.

What United needs right now is a change in their attack, which Benzema would bring, he told AS. He’d help the team play better and score goals. Karim is still very nice even though it’s just a dream right now.

Before he went to Madrid in 2009, United was interested in Benzema. Cristiano Ronaldo also left Old Trafford for Real Madrid that summer. The Frenchman left Real Madrid having won five Champions League titles and four La Liga titles. He had scored 354 goals in 648 games.Sir Alex Ferguson has already talked about how close it was for Benzema to join United. He said, “We tried to spend Cristiano Ronaldo’s money on Karim Benzema because I thought he would be a better player at age 21.” He is tough, has a good body, and gets a lot of goals, so it was worth going a little further for him because of his age.

“But he wasn’t worth that much when it hit £42m.” I believe our offer of £35m was reasonable.