Lyon president Jean Michel Aulas has revealed Karim Benzema turned down a bigger offer from Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid.

Benzema moved to Real ten years ago, having also been courted by former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Aulas recalled: "When Karim asked me to leave Lyon I had two offers: one from United and one from Real Madrid.

"Karim, as (Nabil) Fekir did, came to see me and that's when it shows that we have a relationship of true trust. He said: 'My dream is to play at Real Madrid'.

"We sold him to Madrid although United had made a superior offer."