Al-Ittihad striker Karim Benzema (37) has responded to Cristiano Ronaldo’s (40) claims he is the greatest football of all time. The former France international followed in the Portuguese’s

Karim Benzema is one of the greatest players to wear the Real Madrid shirt. The French striker won it all during his 14 seasons with Los Blancos. Despite all th

Cristiano Ronaldo's claim of being the best player in history continues to spark opinions. His former teammate Karim Benzema recently shared his thoughts on the greatest player of all time. Surprisingly,

Al-Ittihad striker Karim Benzema admits he cannot agree with former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo over his status in the game.

Elaborating further on his response, Benzema did reveal that Cristiano's namesake, Ronaldo Nazario, was his choice for the greatest player of all time. The Brazilian was one of the most dominant strikers to ever play the game and is the only Brazilian to ever pick up multiple Ballon d'Ors in their career, having won the award in 1997 and 2002.

The relationship between the two former Real Madrid teammates seems tense, as CR7 takes a sharp jab from Karim Benzema. Benzema is dominating the Saudi Pro League, scoring a crucial goal against Al-Hilal and now sharing the league's top scorer position with Cristiano Ronaldo (16 goals each).