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Revealed: 2 players were against Benzema return to France squad, footage even gives them away

Romain Molina

They considered themselves the real leaders of the national team.

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 comeback shows the two with a really sour face. They were clearly not enjoying that team dinner.

On Monday, Benzema announced his retirement from international football. He was reportedly unhappy about 

 not calling him up for the final matches of the World Cup.

BREAKING: Benzema retires from national team

 also lose the best French striker of the generation -- 

 striker seems to have announced his retirement from the national team via an Instagram post. RMC Sport and Arancha Rodriguez confirm that the decision is official.

"I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I'm proud of it! I have written my story and ours is ending," Benzema has captioned a picture of him in the national team jersey.

In total, Benzema has played 97 matches for Les Bleus and scored 37 goals, helping them to a Nations League win in 2020/21. 

Karim didn't play for the national team between 2016 and 2020 due to a conflict with former teammate Mathieu Valbuena.

Barca player gives odd reaction to Benzema question - fans believe Karim is pushed out by France squad

 has caught himself in the middle of a new drama involving 

Benzema seems to have fully recovered from his injury as he played in 

's recent behind-the-doors friendly against 

. The striker still remains on France's squad list for the World Cup and, with the final yet to be played, journalists started asking whether he will be called back to Qatar.

For some reason, the reports thought it appropriate to ask Dembele about it during the latest presser. The 

 winger was caught off guard by the question, look at his reaction.

Ousmane's answer was rather restrained: "It's not my decision, but I think he's injured."

Posed with the same question, France's coach said he preferred not to answer.

Meanwhile, there are fans who believe that Benzema has been pushed out of the dressing room by coach 

 "Something weird is going on within that French dressing room. Deschamps and the team leaders deffo pushed Benzema out."

 "Benzema doesn’t do interviews, he just posts very cryptic Instagram stories and lets everyone else on social media do the rest."

The story goes even further, though, as Karim was reportedly invited by French president Emmanuel Macron to watch the final from the stands. However, the 34-year-old is 

First, Benzema posted a selfie and captioned it "I'm not interested."

Then, he reposted a story from one of his friends that read: "We have already won. End of."

In another story, Karim's best friend calls the striker the best player in the world while using Algeria's flag instead of the French one.

Finally, to confirm the suspicions, the reliable Sergio Santos of Relevo reported that the relationship between Benzema and Deschamps is completely broken.  

The mood in the French dressing room isn't perfect ahead of the final, that's for sure.

this is what jealously do, Be Zima is a world best player for now, his presence should have been a great problem for the Argentina team, because he has a great experience.

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They be jealous at how Benzema has been so successful at Madrid. Lloris has won next to nothing at club level while Griezman has yet to smell the CL trophy. Also, how is Griezman a leader? Deschamps is a terrible coach not only in tactics but also managing his players egos and different opinions. He is reliant on players’ individual successes and has not formed a cohesive team. I give him zero credit for the last World Cup and this World Cup. I’d be happy to see him sacked. 

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	24
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	23
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	19
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	19
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	17

Revealed: 2 players were against Benzema return to France squad, footage even gives them away

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