Valbuena case: for Noël Le Graët, Karim Benzema must remain in the France team even if he is sentenced – archyde

The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, explained, Tuesday, November 9 in The Parisian, that Karim Benzema should remain in the France team. While the parquet required ten months suspended sentence and a 75,000 euro fine against the player in the case of the “sextape”, the president of the FFF assured that “Benzema will not be[it] not excluded in relation to a possible judicial sanction. Even if he [est condamné à] a suspended prison sentence, he still has the possibility of appealing ”.

Mr. Le Graët clarified that he would not intervene in the decision of the coach to call the player or not. “It’s Didier’s [Deschamps] to consider whether, sportingly, he is fit to play with the Blues “, he added.

The court will deliver its judgment on November 24, five days before the ceremony for the Golden Ball, a trophy which rewards the best footballer of the year and for which Karim Benzema is one of the favorites.

Back in the French team since May, after more than five years of sidelining, the center forward should participate, before deliberation, in the Blues matches against Kazakhstan and Finland, on 13 and November 16, as part of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.