Benzema Out for Revenge in La Liga After FIFA World Cup Snub

• Karim Benzema has endured a slow start to the new season, scoring six for Real Madrid
• Benz is reportedly out for revenge after being sent home from France's World Cup squad
• Real Madrid are second in La Liga and trail their arch-rivals Barcelona as action resumes

Karim Benzema is out to prove a point.

The French striker will return to La Liga action with Real Madrid, looking to show the French national team just what they missed out on.

As reported by the Daily Mail, Benzema is on a revenge mission after he was sent home early from the FIFA World Cup.

The publication further stated that the veteran striker is looking to wreak havoc in front of goal, and inspire Madrid to victory.

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Los Blancos are currently in second place on the league table, trailing their arch-rivals Barcelona.

With Benzema out to show Didier Deschamps that it was a mistake to keep him out of the squad, Madrid could have a focused and deadly striker leading the line.

Why was Benzema sent home?

The Ballon d’Or winner was ruled out of the tournament in Qatar through injury before the World Cup got underway.

He was then sent home to recuperate and despite recovering before the tournament ended, was never recalled to the French team.

Benzema: a fallout with teammates?

Following France’s defeat to Argentina in the final, Benzema retired from international football and unfollowed many of his teammates on social media.

Only Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni, Kylian Mbappe, Raphael Varane and Marcus Thuram were spared from his social media purge.

SportBible also reported that Benzema had a falling out with Antoine Griezmann, and that many in the squad were happy when he was sent home.

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Benzema's agent hits back

As noted by ESPN, Benzema’s agent also questioned why Deschamps sent the striker home in the first place.

“I consulted three specialists who confirm the diagnosis that Benzema could have been fit from the quarter-finals for at least the bench! Why did you ask him to leave so quickly?”

Benzema hopeful for more goals

The Madrid frontman endured a few injuries during the first half of the season, and has only scored six times for Los Blancos so far.

He will be hoping to improve on that and reach the heights of his impressive 44 goals in 46 appearances last season.

Benzema's advisor says Deschamps lied

Benzema’s advisor and friend, Karim Djaziri has hit out at Deschamps and the entire France coaching staff, following the Real Madrid forward's failure to feature at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Benzema left the France squad a day before the kick-off of the tournament after picking up a thigh injury, although there have been claims he was forced out of the team.

Benzema’s advisor claimed the French national team's lies will soon be exposed, as they claimed the injury had ruled him out of the tournament in Qatar, Sports Brief reported.