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Benzema's Old Trafford bound - Lyon ace
Manchester United, 18:59, June 30, 2009 ,
Lyon's Miralem Pjanic says Karim Benzema is happy to join Man Utd and will make a £38 million move from France this summer.
Benzema, 21, is Sir Alex Ferguson's number one target as he looks to replace the pace and goal threat of Cristiano Ronaldo and spend some of the £80m lump sum that Real Madrid deposited in United's bank account this week.
The Frenchman's agent knows that United want him and officials from Lyon have also prepared their fans for the likelihood of his departure, but now Benzema's team-mate Pjanic has let the cat out of the bag.
The Bosnian forward told Sportsport: "Benzema is nearly gone to Old Trafford. The English club are willing to pay €45 million for him and it is just a question of the day when he will move to England.
"He does not have anything against going to Manchester. Our side will be reinforced by Lisandro Lopez, the Argentine forward from Porto."