Striker in demand

Lyon desperate to keep hold of Benzema

January 6, 2009
Lyon coach Claude Puel insists the club's priority during the winter transfer window is to keep star striker Karim Benzema.

Benzema continues to be linked with a move away from Lyon with any of European football's leading lights, despite putting pen to paper on a new big-money contract in March, which ties him to Les Gones until 2013.

The France international is one of the hottest properties on the global stage after netting over 40 goals for club and country over the past two ...

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