Eden Hazard has “no doubt” his Real Madrid team-mate Karim Benzema should win the 2022 Ballon d’Or after the Frenchman led the Spanish giants to a surprise LaLiga and Champions League double last season.
Benzema was the top goalscorer in La Liga with 27 goals from 32 games and registered a goal or assist every 89 minutes in the Champions League, which included hat-tricks against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
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TransfersLewandowski set to complete £42.5m Barcelona transfer — Paper Round16/07/2022 AT 05:49 «I think he [Benzema] deserves to win the Ballon d’Or,” Hazard told ESPN. “There's no doubt about it. “But I think he deserves it not just for that season, but for his whole career.