The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, spoke this Saturday after the Spanish La Liga that his team conquered by beating Espanyol de Barcelona 4-0 and among the comments he left during the celebration was one towards Karim Benzema and about his deserving of France Football’s Ballon d’Or.
Pérez pointed out that after Benzema’s campaign in Madrid’s lead, no one should doubt that the Frenchman should be the number one candidate for the prize, which will be awarded in July this year.
“Benzema has been good now and since he came but now no one can doubt that they have to give him the Ballon d’Or this year, they can no longer take it away“, he declared after winning his sixth league as president.
In addition, he also had a message for all those madridistas who were attentive to the team and who followed the Whites throughout the season, also talking about the goals set at the beginning of the year.
“A great satisfaction for a very deserved and worked. (In principle) I had the objective of winning the League and the Champions League, and the first one has already been won and we will be if we are capable of winning the Champions League“, he pointed out.
“The decisions are rational and They don’t come out good or bad. What we have done is conscientiously and thinking about this beautiful moment that we are celebrating”, added Pérez.
Finally, Pérez decided to avoid answering the question of when the signing of the Frenchman Kyliam Mbappé could be discussed with a response that left many doors open.
“When we plan the squad for next year, we’ll see”, he closed.