Outcast Benzema has not given up on France return

France outcast Karim Benzema has hit out at Mathieu Valbuena for continuing to tell lies, which are driving the Real Madrid star insane.

Investigators suspect Benzema of acting as an intermediary between the presumed blackmailers and alleged victim Valbuena. "Sex tape, he just had to tell the truth about what really happened, and he would not have had all of this".

Translation: "Slander is the weapon of the powerless! This is distressing! The truth is justice which will restore it".

When the sex-tape scandal broke, Benzema faced heavy criticism, with then Prime Minister Manuel Valls saying he had "no place" in the national team. We were a competitive side and continue to be during qualifying (for the 2018 World Cup),' Deschamps said.

"For more than a year and a half I am his enemy, a bad example, a tramp, who needs to be sanctioned, with people dirtying my name. He's a football fan", Karim Benzema told Emmanuel Macron.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has revealed he has a relationship with French president Emmanuel Macron. "I do not expect anything from him".

'I am here to choose players to build a squad, because for me the collective has always been above everything else, ' Deschamps said. "When your name is quoted by the prime minister (Valls), then by the French president (Hollande), it gets hard".

The 29-year-old Benzema, who will feature in his third Champions League final next month when Madrid takes on Juventus, added that he met Macron "three or four times" and had dinner with him.

Deschamps stressed that he is the one who decides on the team and he is responsible for his decisions, which are based on sports factors. "If the coach tells me straight into the eyes that it is because of soccer, then I will keep working", said Benzema, who has 27 global goals in 81 appearances.

"If it is for another reason, he should tell me that in my face and everything will be over between us".