Quote from: Despairo on Today at 07:08:50 AM

Quote from: TelolettOm on January 28, 2024, 11:58:48 PM

Both Real Madrid and Chelsea seem to have no serious intention to sign Benzema. There is no big advantage to have him in the squad. Benzema even failed to play well in Saudi, how can expect him to play well in Europe? Real Madrid focuses to sign young strikers, their targets are Mbappe and Osimhen. Meanwhile Chelsea already have Nicolas Jackson. Chelsea also prefers to sign young strikers.

The era of Benzema was over, he is no longer in the prime age. Why he must return to Europe now? Undecided

It's a same question like people who're keep asking both Messi and Ronaldo to play at the competitive league. Cheesy

People forget if their idols are aging, even though they can still play very well in small league, but expecting them to play very well in top league is ridiculous. When people hit 35 years old, they're only thinking how to have a better life for his family and how to make money without need to work.

They're only playing football as a hobby or fun instead make a history.

The age of 35 is the final productive age for a football athlete, indeed, there are some players who even play until the age of 40, but their performance is no longer as good as when they were young, Currently players who are 35 must be able to work harder to stabilize their performance and this actually makes them more prone to injury, the only option for players who are 35 years old is to play in a small league, because in fact the small league is not very competitive and in fact recruiting star former players is one way for clubs in minor league to increase the attraction for fans and of course just to increase team income by selling jerseys, I think former star players are no longer pressured to give their best performance for the club because the club realizes that former star players are no longer in their best playing phase.
Apart from that, what you say is true, because the goal of former star players today is just to make a lot of money before they really retire and to maintain their good performance by taking part in existing training and matches.