Karim Benzema’s lawyer refutes group link

Karim Benzema. Pic/AFP

The lawyer of Karim Benzema has hit back at France's interior minister Gerald Darmanin after he accused the French football star, who plays for Saudi team Al-Ittihad, of links to the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.

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Darmanin made the accusations after the reigning Ballon d'Or winner and former Real Madrid forward posted a message on social media about the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. "This is false! Karim Benzema has never had the slightest relationship with this organisation," Benzema's lawyer Hugues Vigier said in a statement.

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