Al Ittihad signed Karim Benzema from Real Madrid on Tuesday. The deal puts the future of Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah, the top scorer in the Saudi league, at stake.
The 32-year-old Moroccan striker has scored 3 goals in 21 games and was the competition's top scorer after competing with two top scorers Anderson Talisca and Odion Ighalo. Al-Ittihad announced that the French striker will wear the number 9 shirt at the expense of Moroccan scorer Ham dallah.