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Daniel Orme & Sam Hill

Arsenal made to rue Karim Benzema transfer failure amid 2022 Ballon d'Or win

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Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award after a sensational season with the Spanish giants. The French forward was influential in helping Madrid win the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, La Liga and Spanish Super Cup last term.

The 34-year-old is the oldest player to win the prestigious award since Stanley Matthews and has scored 328 goals in 615 appearances for Madrid. Whilst the French forward has firmly written his name into European folklore - and looks likely to continue to do so - the same cannot quite be said of Arsenal.

The Gunners have not featured in the Champions League since 2017 and the 2021/22 campaign saw them narrowly miss out on a return to club football's elite competition at the expense of their fierce rivals Tottenham.

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