The President of the French Football Federation assured, Tuesday in “Le Parisien”, that the foresight, who will know the court decision on 24 November, would be “not excluded from a possible judicial sanction “.
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The President of the French Football Federation (FFF), Christmas Le Graët, explained, Tuesday, November 9 in the Parisian , that Karim Benzema had to stay in France team. While the parquet holds ten months of suspended prison and 75,000 euros a fine against the player in the “Sextape” case, the President of the FFF assured that “Benzema will not be [IT] not excluded by report to a possible judicial sanction. Even if he [is sentenced to] a suspended prison sentence, he remains the opportunity to appeal “.
m. The Graët specified that it would not intervene in the decision of the coach to call the player or not. “It’s in Didier [Deschamps] to consider whether, sportingly, it’s apt to play with the blues,” he added.
The Tribunal will make its judgment on 24 November, five days before the Golden Ballon ceremony, trophy that rewards the best footballer of the year and for which Karim Benzema is one of the favorites.
Back in France’s team since May, after more than five years of putting away, the forerunner should participate, before the deliberation, the blue games against Kazakhstan and Finland, November 13 and 16, as part of the qualifications for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.