Cristiano Ronaldo’s message that positively influenced Karim Benzema’s career

He wore the captaincy a few times during his time at Real Madrid, but Cristiano Ronaldo never needed such a distinction to be seen as one of the leaders of the dressing room. In fact, the star’s presence was key to positively influencing his teammates and Karim Benzema is one of the clear examples.

The French forward was always listed as a “good player”But he never managed to shine on the team until a special moment: the day he received advice from the current Manchester United star. After that episode, the ‘Cat’ modified the ‘chip’ and those details were reported by a person linked to the Spanish institution.

Jorge Valdano, who went through the first team and also the Real Madrid board, spoke with ‘La Galerna’ and revealed what ‘CR7’ said to Benzema. “His change comes from an improvement in his professionalism. This boy has played with Cristiano, the superprofessional par excellence “, the Argentine began.

“Cristiano, who admires him a lot, tells him: ‘Boy, this is not going to get you to Real Madrid.’ Karim learned from that advice. Smart people change for the better. And Cristiano’s own departure was also important for him, because it forced him to assume that more leading role “Valdano explained.

Kylian Mbappé and Raúl González Blanco …

Valdano also referred to the possible arrival of Mbappé to the white team. “From what we are seeing, Mbappé is not understood by his mother. Literally. It is a situation where many economic, political and purely football interests play, because it can happen that Mbappé and Messi suddenly tune in, and that instead of scoring thirty goals Mbappé scores fifty, in which case it will be more difficult to get him out of there. Anything can happen with Mbappé “.

Valdano was full of praise for Raúl González. For the coach, the Spanish could take the reins of Madrid without problems. “You don’t need to verbalize to transmit. It will be one of the best in the history of football. He transmits with the same demand that he applied to himself. He has something inherent in great coaches. Guardiola, Mourinho, Simeone have it: unstoppable energy “he explained.

When asked if Raúl is ready to take Real Madrid’s first team, he said: “Raúl was born prepared. They put him inside the monster at seventeen and he was not afraid of it. Now that he has made a career in the monster, the less afraid he is going to be “.