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Lionel Messi Tips Karim Benzema For "Deserved" Ballon d'Or

Real Madrid's France star Karim Benezema deserves to win the Ballon d'Or, according to seven-time laureate Lionel Messi. Benzema was crucial in Madrid's Champions League victory this season, culminating with a 1-0 win over Liverpool in Paris on Saturday. Although he did not score in the final, Benzema's back-to-back hat-tricks in the knock-out rounds, starting with a 17-minute treble against Messi's Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a 2-0 aggregate deficit, were crucial to generating the momentum that swept the Spaniards to the title.

Tchouaméni, fichaje inminente

Salvo sorpresa de última hora, Aurélien Tchouaméni jugará la próxima temporada en el Real Madrid. El mediocentro, que ya había comunicado a sus compañeros su deseo de fichar por el conjunto blanco, dejará El Principado por una cifra que rondará los 80 millones de euros, tal y como informó RMC Sport. Florentino Pérez está siguiendo personalmente el desarrollo de las negociaciones y el jugador vestirá de blanco salvo que un inconveniente de última hora lo impida.

Lionel Messi tips Karim Benzema for 'deserved' Ballon d'Or

Real Madrid's France star Karim Benezema deserves to win the Ballon d'Or, according to seven-time laureate Lionel Messi. Benzema was crucial in Madrid's Champions League victory this season, culminating with a 1-0 win over Liverpool in Paris on Saturday. Although he did not score in the final, Benzema's back-to-back hat-tricks in the knock-out rounds, starting with a 17-minute treble against Messi's Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a 2-0 aggregate deficit, were crucial to generating the momentum that swept the Spaniards to the title. "There's no doubt, it's very clear that Benzema has had a spectacular year and has ended it by winning the Champions League," Messi told Argentine channel TyC Sports.