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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is convinced Karim Benzema will be awarded the Ballon d’Or later this month.
Benzema played a talismanic role as Madrid won LaLiga and the Champions League last season, scoring 44 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions.
The striker has already hit the net three times in four league games this season, and is set to return from a three-week injury absence against Osasuna on Sunday.
The next winner of football’s most prestigious individual honour will be announced on October 17, and Perez is in no doubt as to who will receive it.
“Benzema has already received the UEFA best player of the year award and in the coming days, he will be awarded the Ballon d’Or,” Perez said, in comments carried by Mundo Deportivo.
“No one doubts it.”
Benzema’s recent absence has failed to prevent Madrid from making a perfect start to their title defence, winning their first six games of the season in LaLiga.
Los Blancos are the only team in Europe’s top five leagues to have maintained a 100 per cent winning record this campaign, and Perez has been delighted by their form.
“We have a squad to keep dreaming of all the challenges and challenges that will come. Real Madrid does not allow complacency or relaxation,” he added.
“After winning the European Super Cup, we have won all the games we have played, being the only club in the five major leagues that has achieved it. This is the path.”
