PSG Reportedly Considering Summer Move for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema

Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly considering moving for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema in the summer as a cheaper alternative to Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah, the club's other forward targets.

According to Le10Sport (via Goal), Benzema could be open to a return to France after a difficult 2017-18 campaign with Real.

The Frenchman has been regularly out of form and has returned only five goals in 25 La Liga appearances.

Not since 2009-10—his debut season for Real after his move from Lyon—has Benzema failed to reach double figures for a top-flight campaign in Spain.

But that seems a genuine possibility with only seven games left in La Liga.

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Per Miguel Delaney of The Independent, Los Blancos have recently been linked with a number of top European strikers, including Bayern Munich's Lewandowski and Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane.

Should the Madrid giants make a marquee summer signing in attack, it could well spell the end for Benzema, 30, at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The France international's contract with Real runs to 2021, so he will not be available cheaply.

But Real may well be prepared to let him go for cheaper than the likely transfer fees for Lewandowski or Liverpool's Salah.

PSG have more than enough funds to convince Real to sell Benzema, especially as his importance to Zinedine Zidane's side is on the wane.