How You Like Me Now? - The Karim Benzema Thread

MARCA: For Benzema to play for Algeria...

• French government needs to strip his nationality/passport away.

• He needs to have Algerian citizenship.

• The seek FIFA approval on Article 18.2 and Article 15 para 3.

• Players' Status Committee will then finally decide. pic.twitter.com/xQHGF3u2AL

— M•A•J (@Ultra_Suristic) November 17, 2019

 

I’m not even sure why this is an issue, the body that runs football in a country hires a coach that they stand behind to build a team, call up players that he wants and decide how he wants the team to play , the coach does this and always has, in this specific scenario to boot, the coach has been successful, winning the biggest prize any football national team can aspire to win, the World Cup.

IMO the whole idea about Benz playing for someone else makes no sense, why should he be an exemption?, i’ve heard of players changing national teams at a young age but this late in their careers?, I imagine, because he plays for us, is the reason this is a topic anyway, but in the end the coach decides, like all coaches do, and he has decided no Benz, players get picked and dropped and left out all the time, for many many reasons, he is an undisputed starter for Madrid where the coach believes in him no matter what, so here the shoe is on the other foot, play your best make your money and your name

 

The only other country he should play for is Algeria because that’s what he is by blood. The whole playing for Spain thing doesn’t make sense to me.

Now the fact that playing for Algeria would make him a non EU player for us wouldn’t be good.

 

I see your point but it doesn’t really have to be looked at that way. You can choose to look at that way but I don’t think that’s what it is.

 

First of all the stipulation reads if the player loses his nationality without his consent or against his will....

whereas in this case he wants it to happen.

Also I'm pretty sure he already was given the opportunity to choose between France and Algeria.

In fact I'm sure this has been discussed and the conclusion was if he loves Algeria so much and despise the evil racist French, he must be a total mercenary to have chosen France.

 

I remember when he first joined us Higuain was looking at a choice between Argentina and France.

I wanted Pipa to join France so him and Benz could form the deadliest striker duo in the world for a decade.

Turns out Higuain probably could have taken Benzema's place and won a WC and had a totally different [non choker] career to his name.

 

No absolutely, if all he had done is rape an underage girl nobody in France would have bated an eyelid.

But he crossed a teammate and I think it's understandable if he's not welcome back in the locker room. Just imagine someone's phone goes missing [on accident], he would never hear the end of it.

 

Interesting, what do you think it is, why is it that he’d want to change allegiances now to represent another country that he probably had zero interest in representing before he was dropped from the French team, a vast love of playing international football generally?, because I can’t see it as being a love for whatever country he chose to adopt or was eligible for all of a sudden

I imagine he had a choice when he was younger and he chose France, what other way can it be looked at other than personal vanity, or is it just to prove a point to an individual or individuals in the French setup, IMO that wouldn’t be good for whatever team he’d be eligible to play for ( he’d be doing it for the wrong reasons) or any player that he may force out of that particular team, ego is a serious thing

 

Everyone knows you'd cut off your you-know-what if you had half a chance tho pic.twitter.com/mTt704MKRp

— M•A•J (@Ultra_Suristic) November 18, 2019

Algeria too don't want him wtf

 

Because he knows that the chance of using Benzema is very slim, there is no point for him to say anything to put Algeria on spot. For Benzema to switch his eligibility, it would take an effect that is far beyond anything we have seen since the Bosman ruling. It would take years. By that time, it is more likely that Benzema is the manager of Algeria rather than an active player.I would have said the same thing if I were managing Algeria.

 

I don't understand Deschamps' s choice. Benzema should come back in French National Team. He is the best French player right now.

 

Don't fix something that's working. A lot of people don't understand coaches decisions, but at the end of the day Deschamps won a world cup so what you and I think doesn't matter. It's when he loses that we can criticize him.

 

He won a world cup inspite of himself and every poor decision he made along the way.

He literally "out-talented" the opposition to victory.

 

Literally. Took a bottle job to throw the previous Euro away. Such a squad that even their B team is a contender.

 

It sucks for Benz personally, but will probably prolong his RM career. Hope he continues to play like this for years at RM.

 

"Karim Benzema 2023",

Real Madrid has offered him a two-year extension, but the Frenchman wants to be certain that he can maintain his current performance.

« Karim Benzema 2023 », @Marca

Le Real Madrid lui a proposé une prolongation de 2 ans mais le Français veut être certain de maintenir son rendement actuel. pic.twitter.com/UpKOVfdHLf

— Real France (@realfrance_fr) November 21, 2019

 

Apparently we learned nothing from Bale, Isco etc. Benzema is 32 in less than a month. His current deal is absolutely perfect. Extending him until he's 35.5yo is unnecessary.

But on the other hand his behavior and attitude doesn't make me worried about it. Will probably be great/starting material for 2 seasons then offer a good alternative from the bench and slowly fiddle out into retirement.