{"id":53344,"date":"2024-01-28T07:20:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T07:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/benzema-back-to-madrid-ancelotti-shuts-down-transfer-rumors\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T07:20:12","slug":"benzema-back-to-madrid-ancelotti-shuts-down-transfer-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/benzema-back-to-madrid-ancelotti-shuts-down-transfer-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Benzema back to Madrid? Ancelotti shuts down transfer rumors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Benzema back to Madrid? Ancelotti shuts down transfer rumors!<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancelotti denies Benzema return rumors before the Las Palmas clash.<\/li>\n<li>Barca was criticized for comments about Madrid\u2019s win, called \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ancelotti reminds everyone of Barca\u2019s ongoing corruption case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/real-madrid-becomes-worlds-richest-club-once-again\/\">Real Madrid<\/a> boss, has denied rumors of Karim Benzema returning to the Santiago Bernabeu during a press conference ahead of the La Liga clash against Las Palmas.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema, who moved to the Saudi Pro League in the summer of 2023 after spending almost 14 years with the Whites, is currently seeking a way out of the Gulf Country.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti was asked if there was any truth to rumors about bringing the five-time Champions League winner back to the Santiago Bernabeu, and the Italian was quick to shut the rumors down.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti also criticized Barcelona for their comments on Madrid ever since Los Blancos\u2019 controversial 3-2 win against Almeria.<\/p>\n<p>Barca\u2019s president, Joan Laporta, called what happened at the Bernabeu that night a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and stated that his team was not able to perform due to the referee\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti did not approve of such comments from arch-rivals and reminded everyone that a case has been going on against Barcelona for the payment to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey (Barcelona) have talked a lot this week. We don\u2019t have to deflect the topic; everyone knows what has happened in the last 20 years in Spanish football; that is the problem,\u201d Ancelotti said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpanish football has had a problem. Now the anti-corruption prosecutor\u2019s office and the Civil Guard are doing the investigation and now we have to wait. You don\u2019t have to divert the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/barcelonas-uncertain-future-xavis-status-up-in-the-air\/\">Barcelona<\/a> faces charges in 2023 of \u201ccontinuous corruption in the sports field\u201d related to payments they made to the former Vice President of the Technical Committee of Referees, Jose Maria Enrique Negreira.<\/p>\n<p>From 2001 to 2018, Barca reportedly paid Negreira close to \u20ac7 million ($7.5 million), according to the Spanish news source El Mundo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FotoJet-2023-11-28T143200.074-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Carlo Ancelotti rejects Brazil for Real Madrid contract extension\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Carlo Ancelotti rejects Brazil for Real Madrid contract extension<\/h5>\n<p>Real Madrid has extended Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s contract. Ancelotti has prioritized staying at&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/11\/carlo-ancelotti-rejects-brazil-for-real-madrid-contract-extension\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benzema back to Madrid? Ancelotti shuts down transfer rumors! Ancelotti denies Benzema return rumors before the Las Palmas clash. Barca was criticized for comments about Madrid\u2019s win, called \u201cdisgrace.\u201d Ancelotti reminds everyone of Barca\u2019s ongoing corruption case. Carlo Ancelotti, the Real Madrid boss, has denied rumors of Karim Benzema returning to the Santiago Bernabeu during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-27T112727.955.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}