Benzema must play at Euro 2016, says Cisse

France must select Karim Benzema for Euro 2016 regardless of the off-field controversies that have kept him out of the team, according to Djibril Cisse. With an ongoing investigation into his part in the alleged blackmail attempt of France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena, and after the emergence of claims that he was called as a witness as part of a money laundering case, Benzema’s return to the national squad for the tournament on home soil remains dicey. Benzema was once again left out of the squad for the friendlies against Netherlands and Russia, but ex- France international Cisse has implored Didier Deschamps to welcome him back to the set-up.