The "Ben"

[ZZ10]

Benzema & Ben Arfa how far can they go?
I mean, I try not to over-react but they are indeed very very talented and they deliver.
Do you think they can become world class players or even more? Both of them? Do you think Lyon can keep them both for the long term?
Anyway they are a joy to watch. With Nasri, Clichy, Flamini, L Diara, Sagna, Toulalan and Ribery the future of France team does not look bad.

[SuperSebGrimaldi]

Benzema and Ben Arfa will unquestionably be big impact players for the national team. I mean, they are already part of the team now, and one has to believe they'll only get better. Will they be guys who will be more than world class, as in Zidane-like or win multiple awards such as World Player of the Year? It's hard to say. Before one gets carried away, there's guys like Cristiano Ronaldo or Cesc who would be in the same epoch.

A few days ago, though, one of my Italian friends asked me based on my observations of L1, what I thought the l'EDF would look like after Henry, Trez, etc. had been gone. Essentially, he wanted to talk about Giovinco, though to keep the conversation balanced, he asked me what I thought the France team would be. To make it interesting, he asked to restrict the selection to U-21 players only. Here is what I came up with, a word of warning, not everyone on this is that well-known yet, though if they develop, I believe they will be.

Saivet - Benzema
Ben Arfa - Nasri - Ménez
Matuidi
Schwechlen - Sakho - Dervite - Saunier
Costil