Courtois: The whole team has to fill the void after Benzema

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois shared his thoughts on the situation in the team before the start of the La Liga season. He thinks Karim Benzema’s departure can be covered by the current forwards that Los Blancos have in their disposal.

“We have Vinny (Vinicius Junior), Rodrygo and Joselu, who is a very good striker for us, he is the profile of a player we didn’t have. I think the whole team needs to fill the void left by Benzema and maybe other players will need to step up like Valverde did last year. Last season he scored 12, 13 or 14 goals and now maybe he needs to score 20. Maybe Vinicius and Rodrigo need to score more goals too, although not every game needs to be won 3-0 or 4-0 “, the goalkeeper said to TLN TV.

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