The current Ballon d’Or winner and former Real Madrid striker has suffered an injury that will sideline him for a considerable period of time.

Do you recall Karim Benzema? Yes, that person. The former Real Madrid forward, who is currently the winner of the world’s best player title, unfortunately passed away from an injury while vacationing in Saudi Arabia.

The now-35-year-old Benzema has appeared on the field three times this season while earning an estimated $220 million over two years.

Now, however, he will be sidelined for the foreseeable future while recovering from an injury that forced him to leave the field against Al-Wehda after just 40 minutes due to fatigue. Jota, a player who Al-Ittihad paid $31 million for and who appears destined to leave Celtic after just two months, took his place.

Back to Benzema, who has one goal and two assists as he adjusts to the new league where the top four teams are owned by Newcastle United and PIF, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, which is estimated to be worth $776 billion.What kind of damage does Benzema have? What time will he return?Benzema’s injury is unknown at this time, but it is likely that he won’t play against Al-Hilal on Sunday. Al-Hilal is a team that has only added Neymar, Koulibaly, Mitrovic, Malcom, Bono, Milinkovic-Savic, and Rubén Neves this summer.

In the last two seasons that Karim Benzema was a member of Real Madrid, the team was well aware of the physical problems the striker had. The Frenchman missed 16 games in the 22–23 season as a result of a combination of injuries and age-related pre–planned rest by manager Carlo Ancelotti. Due to injuries, he was unable to participate in France’s World Cup 2022 campaign; his team advanced to the final but fell to Argentina.