Karim Benezema's ears must be burning this morning.
The Real Madrid striker has tried to keep a low profile over allegations that he tried to blackmail his France teammate Mattieu Valbuena over an alleged sex tape.
The Lyon player has also kept his counsel on the entire sordid affair until this morning when he's given the striker an absolute pasting in an interview with Le Monde.
French website
OL News has translated the interview and have conveniently tweeted the best parts to explain the whole affair.
Valbuena first explains the background to the sextape becoming public.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670151099526066176
He then explains how Djibril Cisse got involved in the entire mess.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670151310273040384
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670151523532414976
The midfielder then claims he is not even sure if there is a video at all.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670151980384452608
The France international then revealed how he first was contacted by the alleged blackmailers.
He received a phonecall in June asking him to meet an unknown man in Dubai but the player informed the police straight away.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670152940074704896
The plot then gets thicker than a big bowl of custard as Valbuena reveals he was told by police that it was expected someone within the France squad would try to speak to him about the alleged blackmail.
Valbuena then realises that Benezema is involved in the plot.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670156491995914240
The midfielder then goes on to detail various discussions between the two players and how disappointed he was about Benezema's alleged involvement.
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670158635079741440
https://twitter.com/OLNews_eng/status/670159396576587776
The last word on the matter is how would the two payers react if they were once again to be international teammates.
Valbuena shows reamarkable maturity to admit that he could play with the striker again, but with reservations.
