Karim Benzema expected to be back at Real Madrid on December 9 – report | OneFootball

Over the past couple of days, there has been a lot written about Real Madrid superstar Karim Benzema and his recovery from the latest injury setback he suffered.

The 34-year-old sustained a quadriceps injury in his left thigh while in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup 2022 with France. Having been ruled out of involvement in the competition, the striker left the French camp on November 20 and had been back in Madrid.

And recent reports indicated that Benzema had ‘practically recovered’ from his injury and could return to training this week.

Soon after, reports followed that the 34-year-old could possibly return to the France camp to participate in the latter stages of the World Cup if he recovers sufficiently.

However, France manager Didier Deschamps put those speculations to rest, insisting that he has no plans to recall Benzema at this point as the striker still continues to recover from his injury.

Meanwhile, the possibility of him returning to training with the Real Madrid players who have not travelled to the World Cup has also been shot down by a fresh report from L’Equipe.

As per the report, Benzema, who is currently away on a vacation at the Reunion Islands, is only expected to be back in Madrid on December 9, thus ruling out the possibility of him resuming training with Carlo Ancelotti later this week.

The Italian tactician will reconvene training for the Real Madrid stars who are not involved in the World Cup from Thursday as preparations for the second half of the season.

But, as things stand, Benzema is only expected to be back in the Spanish capital on December 9.

The Real Madrid camp will be hoping that the time off will help Benzema put all his injury issues behind him and start afresh in the second half of the campaign.