Karim Benzema recalled by France for delayed Euro 2020
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Recall ends the striker’s five-and-a-half-year absence over alleged role in a blackmail plot.
Karim Benzema has been named in France’s provisional Euro 2020 squad, giving the Real Madrid striker an international recall after a five-and-a-half-year absence over his alleged role in a blackmail plot. The 33-year-old has not played for France since October 2015, but is now set to line up alongside World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann at the delayed European Championship, which gets under way on June 11. Benzema had not been selected since the sex-tape scandal involving former international team-mate Mathieu Valbuena broke in 2015.More Related News