Karim Benzema admits to having grown up idolising one Ronaldo and changing his game to play alongside another at Real Madrid.
Having seen ‘O Fenomeno’ star for the likes of Barcelona, Inter and Madrid – along with collecting two World Cup winners’ medals – Benzema had the perfect role model.
He has gone on to become a fearsome goalscorer himself, with 250 efforts for Real seeing him secure a standing among the club’s top five marksmen of all time.
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Of those he has looked to for inspiration en route to this point, Benzema told Movistar’s Universo Valdano programme: “Ronaldo was my idol from a young age.