Madrid to strengthen strike force to help Benzema

30 goals reaffirm the conviction of Zinedine Zidane in Karim Benzema, who he defended even in the lowest moments. When the goals were not coming in these moments, when you could hear whistles rather than ovations, 'Zizou' did not forget about Karim. Next season, Benzema will continue being the number 9. 

Nevertheless, Real Madrid are determined to reinforce the squad with another goalscorer, who predictably will be a pure centre forward. The name which is being linked most is that of Jovic, although there is stiff competition for his services. Eintracht Frankfurt paid for the option to buy him from Benfica and speaks of offers in no case under 60 million euros.

Despite the intention of Real Madrid, Benzema does not mind who his strike partner is. "Bringing another '9' is the club's decision, I don't mind if there is another striker. I am concentrating on the field of play, on what I can do to always help the team," said Benzema after his hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao. 

Mere, who knows Jovic well, considered that the Serbian could form a good partnership with Benzema even if both started in a theoretical Zidane starting XI, he would have no other option but to change system or play Jovic as the centre forward and Benzema as '10'. 

Benzema is not even considering leaving Real Madrid, club in which he has been a decade and of which he is one of the captains. Furthermore, after all that time, Karim has finally earned himself the full recognition and support of the Madrid fans. Few now doubt his quality although we will have to see how he responds again to competition for his position.