Nuno Espirito Santo spoke after Karim Benzema scored in Al Ittihad's victory.
Santo has now responded to the bombshell reports as he denied having a bad relationship with the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner.
"I read in the press that my relationship with Karim Benzema was not good, everyone who knows me knows that, of course it's absurd," he told RMC Sport."My relationship with all the players is good, we have a strong group, we are happy with all the players, we are happy that Karim is here with us."On Benzema, he added:"He is happy on the pitch, you can see, he loves playing for Al-Ittihad. I understand what's going on...
The 49-year-old dismissing a rift with Benzema came after the superstar forward bagged his first Saudi Pro League goal on Thursday.He opened the scoring in Al Ittihad's 4-0 win at Al Riyadh. He also could have netted a second goal when his side were awarded a penalty.
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