Karim Benzema has won Ballon d'Or, says Thierry Henry

Karim Benzema celebrates winning a fifth Champions League for Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is the only credible candidate for the Ballon d'Or, according to France legend Thierry Henry.

Benzema crowned a superb season for Los Blancos with a fifth Champions League title in Paris, having already won LaLiga and the Spanish Supercopa in 2021-22.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.