French team: despite Benzema’s request, Le Grat persists

Karim Benzema may have asked Nol Le Grat to forget him and leave him alone, the FFF boss continues to talk about the Real Madrid scorer when he is handed a microphone. On France Info, he thus tried to handle irony … with more or less success.

Monsieur Le Grat, I ask you to forget me and leave me alone, please. France is world champion, and this is the main thing, the rest is just futility. Thank you. These words are those of Karim Benzema (33 years old), uttered … in 2018, a few months after the coronation of the France team in Russia.

In response to the boss of the French Football Federation, therefore, who at the time declared the history of Madrid with the Blues dfinitivement term.

Le Grat recalls the 1222 minutes without scoring

Benzema, who has not worn the blue jersey since October 8, 2015 following, among other things, the case of the sextape, has meanwhile given up on the France team from Euro 2016. The Madrilne does not. is not fooled: as long as Didier Deschamps is the picker, the door will be and will remain closed. But, despite him, the one who still has 27 goals scored in 81 selections sees his case being regularly brought to the forefront by the president of the FFF.

Benzema had taken it back in 2018, will he do it again? This time, Le Grat did not simply confirm the end of his adventure with the Blues, he especially questioned his record, recalling his 1222 minutes passed without scoring between 2012 and 2013. He did, for a while, I believe, 15 games without scoring a goal in the French team, NLG said in a long interview with France Info.

Le Grat jokes about Benzema’s presence in Russia

And that’s not all. Decidedly in good form, Le Grat also pretended not to remember whether Benzema was present or not when the Blues won the World Cup: Does he have his place with the Blues given his level? This is not the question today, you know very well. have been world champions for a while. I have the impression that he was not playing, I don’t remember … Yes, he was playing? I do not know anymore. At my old age, we have no memory of everything.

A daring statement, especially since the president is currently singled out for his age, he who is about to seek a new mandate within the FFF… 79 years old. And if he wins again, he will not give Benzema the chance to participate in the Olympic Games scheduled for this summer. As stipulated in the regulations, the striker could have been one of the three players over 23 years old selected, but Le Grat has already closed the door.

The Olympics, categorical refusal

Benzema has never applied, but NLG took the opportunity to send a message to Madrid … and Kylian Mbapp. Is Benzema selectable? He is not suspended. Could he go to the Olympics? We must not exaggerate, we are not going to take Mbapp, Benzema and why not, bring back the France team in place of those who qualified.While waiting for KB9’s response …

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