Mathieu Valbuena: Last News

Everton following the departure of Carlo Ancelotti. However, it hasn't been a happy time for Rodriguez in the Middle East, and he looks set to end his desert nightmare.According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Rodriguez is already in Piraeus as he undergoes a medical ahead of the loan deal.

Real Madrid superstar Karim Benzema has dropped an appeal against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, according to his lawyer.French football was rocked back in 2015 when Benzema was arrested for attempted extortion, and subsequently suspended from the national team. The striker was found guilty in November last year following a lengthy investigation and slapped with a £64,000 fine, as well as a suspended one-year prison sentence.The ruling was immediately appealed, though Benzema's lawyer Hugues Vigier has now confirmed that it's been withdrawn, insisting that his 34-year-old client is "exhausted" by the process and just wants to put the whole sorry saga behind him."This withdrawal endorses a ruling of condemnation and apparently of guilt.

Real Madrid striker is suspected of encouraging then teammate Mathieu Valbuena into paying blackmailers after they threatened to release intimate footage of him.Benzema is set to face trial in October, and denies any wrongdoing.The incident made headlines in 2015, and the 33-year-old has been frozen out by national team boss Didier Deschamps ever since.Then-French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called for the frontman to be dropped, and in 2019 France Football president Noel le Graet said that Benzema would never play for the national team again.Responding on his Twitter account, the former Lyon forward said: “If you think I'm done, let me play with one of the other countries I am eligible for and we'll see.”However, Benzema never changed

Karim Benzema is set to complete one of the more remarkable U-turns in international football and be named in France's squad for Euro 2020.

Olivier Giroud has hit back at compatriot Karim Benzema and labelled himself a "world champion go-kart".

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has lashed out at Olivier Giroud on social media, laughing off comparisons with his compatriot by saying “you don’t compare Formula 1 with karting”.