Karim Benzema is one of the greatest players to wear the Real Madrid shirt. The French striker won it all during his 14 seasons with Los Blancos. Despite all th

Al-Ittihad striker Karim Benzema (37) has responded to Cristiano Ronaldo’s (40) claims he is the greatest football of all time. The former France international followed in the Portuguese’s

Karim Benzema named the player he believes to be the best in history, failing to mention Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

Elaborating further on his response, Benzema did reveal that Cristiano's namesake, Ronaldo Nazario, was his choice for the greatest player of all time. The Brazilian was one of the most dominant strikers to ever play the game and is the only Brazilian to ever pick up multiple Ballon d'Ors in their career, having won the award in 1997 and 2002.

Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo shared a dressing room, titles, goals and hundreds of matches together for years at Real Madrid. The admiration between the two is mutual, but t

Longtime teammate Cristiano Ronaldo is not, in the opinion of Real Madrid legend Karim Benzema, the greatest player in history.

The relationship between the two former Real Madrid teammates seems tense, as CR7 takes a sharp jab from Karim Benzema. Benzema is dominating the Saudi Pro League, scoring a crucial goal against Al-Hilal and now sharing the league's top scorer position with Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals each).