Karim Benzema and Jeremy Toulalan Extend Their Contracts!!!!!!!!

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Karim Benzema Hearts Lyon
Published 3/13/2008 by Daryl at The Offside
... I want to continue learning at Olympique Lyonnais. Everyone has faith in me, my team-mates are behind me. I really want to win lots of titles, starting with a cup-league double this season and I’d love to one day win the Champions League with Lyon. There’s still so much to do.” He probably won’t stay forever, but the new contract means he’ll stay at least another couple of years and then Lyon will still be able to command a transfer fee with many many zeros on the end. As Inara says on Lyon Offside , this is a great example to other Ligue 1 youngsters like Samir Nasri and ...

Karim Benzema Keeps Lyon’s Double Hopes Alive, and more CdF News
Published 3/19/2008 by Laurie at The Offside
... three. This is unheard of in the current era of Lyon dominance. Les Gones (the Lyon boys) are back on top by six points at the moment, but their struggles have been enough to let doubt slip in. If they’d lost this one, there would have been hell to pay with the fans. But they didn’t. Benzema saved the day, yet again, scoring his 28th and 29th goals for the year (in all competitions.) No wonder everybody and his dog wants to sign this kid. And no wonder Lyon just gave up the moon to keep their Lyon-bred boy at home through 2014. In more Coupe de France news, Paris St. ...