Real Madrid president
Florentino Perez is also “certain” Benzema will win the 2022 Ballon d’Or, claiming he is “the best centre forward in the world”.
Perez trusts Benzema’s ability to find the back of the net so much, that he informed Real Madrid to not to pursue Erling Haaland, who has joined Manchester City, earlier this summer.
"This moment is incompatible with Haaland," said Perez.
"We were not going to recruit him to put him on the bench. One day a replacement for Benzema will come. But it won't be to sit on the bench.”
Should Benzema win the Ballon d’Or, he will become the fourth French player to do so, joining Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane.
The results of the Ballon d'Or will be based on results of a season rather than a calendar year for the first time in the history of the award.
The nominees will be announced on August 12, with the ceremony taking place on October 17 in Paris.
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