6 (or 7) footballers and the non-football things they're most (in)famous for

#5 Valbuena scandal

Karim Benzema was axed from the French squad for Euro 2016

Another French scandal. Mathieu Valbuena is the most recent victim of a scandalous incident that saw him and Karim Benzema being left out of the Euro 2016.

In short, Mathieu Valbuena’s sex tape was recorded by Karim Benzema’s friend and, if recent reports are to be believed, the latter was not one bit happy about it. However, that didn’t prevent them from not facing an exile from the national team as the controversy that surrounded them during that period was too much for Deschamps to handle.

At the end of the day, people will remember Valbuena more for this incident than his skills as a footballer player.