SPORTS: The striker who reminds Guardiola of Benzema

Claudio Pizarro will retire at the end of the current season and his former coach Pep Guardiola was full of praise for the striker.

The two coincided at Bayern Munich and Guardiola compared Pizarro to Karim Benzema.

"I always said to him I'd have loved to meet him when he was 24, 25 or 26," Guardiola said in a press conference on Friday.

"He's one of the best finishers I've ever seen.

"He's a guy who can drop and play magnificently, a bit like Benzema with the quality that he has.

"He is an incredible human being.

"He's one of my nicest memories from my period in Munich."

Source - allfootballapp