Benzema doesn't show up for Al-Ittihad's preseason and Gallardo excludes him from Dubai trip
The Frenchman was due to report on Friday and the team will travel, without him, to Dubai on Sunday
There are problems for Karim Benzema in Saudi Arabia.
The player, according to MARCA, has not shown up for Al-Ittihad's pre-season training camp and, by order of the coach, will not participate in the Dunao tour that the team will depart for on Sunday.
The player, like the rest of his teammates, was due to report to the club's facilities in Jeddah on Friday the 12th, which, according to Saudi sources, he did not do.
Therefore, the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, the team's coach, has decided to make no concessions for him and he will not travel with the team, whatever happens, to Dubai.
Sources have confirmed that Benzema has previously missed training with Al-Ittihad on three occasions before the end of the year in Jeddah, even before the players' official holiday before the Christmas break.
Saudi sources tell us that Karim is not part of the official list for the pre-season in Dubai and ashis absence is without permission from Gallardo, he will not be able to participate in the whole tour in Dubai.
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