Karim Benzema was ruled out of the World Cup, as he was set to feature in his final tournament with the French national team.

Former Uruguay captain Diego Lugano had claimed that some of Benzema’s teammates may be happy with his absence rather than his presence.

“I am certain, because I was a team-mate to some [France players] that they are very happy with the departure of Benzema,” Lugano told ESPN.

“[That kind of reaction] would never happen in Uruguay, Brazil or Argentina. It depends a lot on the way the team was put together and on the care that the coach has with the player profiles, not only technical, but personality. It has a lot to do with that.”

Meanwhile, Real Madrid midfielder who’s teammates with Tchouameni for club and country, has revealed that Lugano had passed a false information.

“The group is fine, we’re all living well together, and I wanted to talk about something we saw about Karim Benzema’s departure, about this information that we feel better since he’s not here,” he told reporters.

“This is totally false, because even when he was still with us, things were going well. We all felt sad about his injury.

“In any case, what I can tell you is that since we arrived, things have been going very well between us.”