One interesting detail revealed a hidden story, which is now out in the open – Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema are no longer mates. In fact, they haven’t been for some time. Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé has been handed the French Footballer of the Year award by France Football for the 2023-24 campaign, his last at former club Paris Saint-Germain. The French international won this reward for the fourth time (2023, 2018, 2019), mainly due to the fact that he scored 52 goals in all competitions for PSG in his final term in the French capital, winning Ligue 1 for the sixth time as well as the Coupe de France. He also captained the national team to the semifinals of Euro 2024 before their elimination at the hands of Spain. Arsenal’s William Saliba came in second, while AC Milan’s Mike Maignan was third. Mbappé’s now teammates Eduardo Camavinga and Aurélien Tchouaméni finished fourth and fifth, respectively, after Madrid claimed the Champions League title.Benzema: Mbappe’s problem at Real Madrid – he’s not a number nineBut the results of the voting revealed the ’secret’: Karim Benzema didn’t vote for Mbappe at all! Current Al-Ittihad striker voted for Eduardo Camavinga in first place, following by PSG’s Bradley Barcola and finally Saliba. L’Équipe understands that there is a “deep hostility” between Benzema and Mbappé, which explains the former’s decision to omit the latter from his list. But the other interesting thing is that Mbappe’s French squad teammate N’Golo Kante also didn’t voted for him. Former Chelsea midifielder chose Saliba, Jules Koundé and Camavinga.Benzema’s responce to Mbappe: ’Now it’s not the moment to talk about little things’When Karim Benzema decided to return to the French national team back in 2021, not a lot of his teammates were pleased about it. But Kylian Mbappe was. Their ’bromance’ lasted until June 2022 when the PSG shockingly decided to stay in Paris and reject Real Madrid. And even though it was obvious that the young striker was pressured to stay even by the French president, Benzema obviously didn’t looked at it that way, even after Mbappe eventually came to Madrid this season. L’Equipe indicates that the current Al-Ittihad player has “a deep enmity” for the man who finally succeeded him with the jersey number 9 at Real Madrid.LIGUE 1 – MATCHDAY 14FridayToulouse – Saint-Etienne 2-1 (0-0)/Babicka 55, Aboukhlal 85 – Stassin 53/SaturdayOlympique Marseille – Lille 1-1 (1-0)/Merlin 17 – Diakite 87/Auxerre – Lens 2-2 (1-2)/Perrin 31, Osho 73 – Aynaoui 22, Nzola 45/Reims – Monaco IN PROGRESS Sunday17:00: (3.10) Montpellier (3.50) Nice (2.40)19:00: (2.20) Brest (3.35) Nantes (3.60)19:00: (3.00) Le Havre (3.40) Strasbourg (2.50)19:00: (1.65) Rennes (3.70) Angers (5.60)22:45: (1.45) PSG (5.10) Olympique Lyon (6.25)Wednesday23:00: (3.15) Monaco (3.50) PSG (2.20)***odds are subject to change***
