Agent: "Karim Benzema is not leaving Real Madrid"

Karim Benzema's agent has insisted that his client will not be leaving Real Madrid this summer.

The French international has been heavily linked with a switch to Premier League champions Manchester City following the conclusion of Euro 2012 in July.

However, the 24-year-old's representative Karim Djaziri is adamant that he will still be a Madrid player at the start of the new season.

"Benzema is not leaving Real Madrid," Djaziri told Goal.com.

The striker joined the Spanish champions from Lyon in 2009.