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^Exactly! I lost track after reading half the convo, so many Karims. Which witch is which? 
Karim Benzema
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TornAndFrayed
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lol his attitude during the tf1 interview
His friend may not have blackmailed Valbuena though. This guy (karim zenati) just got out of joail on an 8 year armed robbery charge, and is rumored to have proposed through Benzema to help Valbuena get the tape back, in exchange for payment of course.
His friend may not have blackmailed Valbuena though. This guy (karim zenati) just got out of joail on an 8 year armed robbery charge, and is rumored to have proposed through Benzema to help Valbuena get the tape back, in exchange for payment of course.
El Flaco
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The full interview Benzema made to the French channel TF1 from yesterday
On why he is giving an interview…
I wanted to have my say a bit on all this, all this relentlessness from the media surrounding me. It is relentless, there is no other way to describe it. I am being accused, I am being dragged through the mud in every direction, as if I was a criminal. It is horrible.
On what Valbuena said in his interview with Le Monde last week…
At the beginning, I do not think that is what he thought. It was after that he had his head messed with so it is easy. But on the day we never spoke about money. The blackmailers? I do not know them. Karim Zenati is a childhood friend. He was in prison, he got out two years ago, he has a new chance to take. He is like my brother.
On his vulgar language used on the phone to Mr Zenati…
I can understand, yes (that is not appropriate), after all that. When I see him in the evening (Valbuena), he is not disappointed, quite the opposite. He said to me: “thanks brother for warning me”. You can ask him that. The only thing that I regret, is on the phone with my friend, to have spoke in a joking manner.
I apologise to him and his family. On the phone we were fooling around. A word like that (Tarlouze, which essentially means fa**ot), all the players can understand it. In the dressing room we do not call each other “my dear”. It was not thought through, it came out like that.
On his version of events…
What happened, it is simple. I hear that there is a video of him. I come to let him know about it but he already seemed to know about it. I told him that I could help him because I have a friend in Lyon. He can sort it out, it is Karim Zenati. We spoke about that. I spoke with him. If he had warned his family, that was the most important thing.
When I hear that I blackmailed, that I asked for money, it drives me crazy, it has nothing to do with that. I have done well in life and for a long time too. I do not need to get more money. When I do a favour for someone, I am not expecting money. We never spoke about money or whatever it might be. I said to him two or three times that because my friend is in Lyon he might be able sort things out.
On reaching out to Mathieu Valbuena…
I do not need to call him. He is in Lyon, I could have gone to see him, I could have gone and apologised for that episode (the phone conversation). I do not understand why they did that (kept him in police custody overnight). They put me in police custody and made me sleep like a criminal despite the fact that I asked on my own accord to be heard (by the prosecutors).
On the future…
I am not playing for the cameras, I am not playing a game. I am here to be sincere. I hope that things will end well, that we will all be fine, Mathieu, myself, my friend. And that we can all return to the French national team to win the Euros.
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I wanted to have my say a bit on all this, all this relentlessness from the media surrounding me. It is relentless, there is no other way to describe it. I am being accused, I am being dragged through the mud in every direction, as if I was a criminal. It is horrible.
On what Valbuena said in his interview with Le Monde last week…
At the beginning, I do not think that is what he thought. It was after that he had his head messed with so it is easy. But on the day we never spoke about money. The blackmailers? I do not know them. Karim Zenati is a childhood friend. He was in prison, he got out two years ago, he has a new chance to take. He is like my brother.
On his vulgar language used on the phone to Mr Zenati…
I can understand, yes (that is not appropriate), after all that. When I see him in the evening (Valbuena), he is not disappointed, quite the opposite. He said to me: “thanks brother for warning me”. You can ask him that. The only thing that I regret, is on the phone with my friend, to have spoke in a joking manner.
I apologise to him and his family. On the phone we were fooling around. A word like that (Tarlouze, which essentially means fa**ot), all the players can understand it. In the dressing room we do not call each other “my dear”. It was not thought through, it came out like that.
On his version of events…
What happened, it is simple. I hear that there is a video of him. I come to let him know about it but he already seemed to know about it. I told him that I could help him because I have a friend in Lyon. He can sort it out, it is Karim Zenati. We spoke about that. I spoke with him. If he had warned his family, that was the most important thing.
When I hear that I blackmailed, that I asked for money, it drives me crazy, it has nothing to do with that. I have done well in life and for a long time too. I do not need to get more money. When I do a favour for someone, I am not expecting money. We never spoke about money or whatever it might be. I said to him two or three times that because my friend is in Lyon he might be able sort things out.
On reaching out to Mathieu Valbuena…
I do not need to call him. He is in Lyon, I could have gone to see him, I could have gone and apologised for that episode (the phone conversation). I do not understand why they did that (kept him in police custody overnight). They put me in police custody and made me sleep like a criminal despite the fact that I asked on my own accord to be heard (by the prosecutors).
On the future…
I am not playing for the cameras, I am not playing a game. I am here to be sincere. I hope that things will end well, that we will all be fine, Mathieu, myself, my friend. And that we can all return to the French national team to win the Euros.
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zidaneisgod
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The guy is a complete idiot to be involved in such a thing.
Why would you risk a career and salary most of us could only dream about by getting involved?
I hope he is sold at the end of the season, even if Real get a transfer ban!
Why would you risk a career and salary most of us could only dream about by getting involved?
I hope he is sold at the end of the season, even if Real get a transfer ban!
Horatio
You're welcome
Maybe out of best interest for Mathieu?
TornAndFrayed
Banned
Nah the phone tape is actually really damning. And that's the part valbuena didn't take well.
Valbuena was blackmailed in June by someone he directly knew + two accomplices. He called the police immediately to no results since. Sometime between June and September Benzema heard of the tape (presumably from zenati himself) and told valbuena that he basically had a fixer (zenith aka mr wolf).
Obviously someone like that would charge for the service , and that shit is illegal, but ultimately unrelated to the original charge. Unless Zenati was actually recruited by/already in contact with the original blackmailers, in which case both Karims are in trouble.
Valbuena was blackmailed in June by someone he directly knew + two accomplices. He called the police immediately to no results since. Sometime between June and September Benzema heard of the tape (presumably from zenati himself) and told valbuena that he basically had a fixer (zenith aka mr wolf).
Obviously someone like that would charge for the service , and that shit is illegal, but ultimately unrelated to the original charge. Unless Zenati was actually recruited by/already in contact with the original blackmailers, in which case both Karims are in trouble.
SirXavi
The Engineer
Horatio
You're welcome
If Neymar had scored against Valencia, it would have been Neymar.
But 'if's' don't count.
Vlom
Previously known as Mehssi
Cool, I hope they play football in jail.
Of course, they just waited for this to post something nice about Benzemalo, all the caverna needs is a trashing of Getafe to start rolling the BBC vs MSN bullshit
xavisionary
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I'm legit saddened that one of my favourite players finds himself in such a pickle.
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