France’s far-right National Front party have demanded French
international striker Karim Benzema be barred from playing for the
national team after he insisted he would not sing the French national
anthem before matches.
The far right National Front party has demanded that
Benzema, 25, who plays for Real Madrid in Spain, be sacked from the
French national team for declaring he had never sung the French national
anthem - the Marseillaise before an international game, and would
continue not to.
Eric Domard – sporting advisor to National
Front leader Marine LePen – said in a statement on Tuesday that
“[Benzema] shows an inconceivable and unacceptable contempt for the
jersey he has the fortune to be able to wear.”
Labeling him a
“footballing mercenary paid €1484 an hour,” Domard further declared that
“since Karim Benzema sees no problem with not singing the Marseillaise,
the French people should have no problem with him not playing for
France anymore.”
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