TRANSFER TALK: BENZEMA DISMISSES REAL MADRID EXIT TALK

Karim Benzema has dismissed speculation he could leave Real Madrid for Arsenal by insisting the Santiago Bernabeu is his home.

And after returning to first-team training at Madrid's Valdebebas training complex on Monday, Benzema has finally gone public to distance himself from reports of a possible transfer. 

For all those clowns who want to make believe things at my fans. Here this is my home !#HalaMadridYNadaMaspic.twitter.com/og6tMZKoft

— Karim Benzema (@Benzema)August 24, 2015

Benzema's decision makes it likelier that Petr Cech will remain Arsenal's only significant first-team signing this summer, with Arsene Wenger insisting he will only sanction moves for elite targets