Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been hailed as "the world's best centre-forward" in the last decade by former team-mate Omar Mascarell.
Mascarell joined the Spanish giants in 2010 and became a regular for the Castilla side before making his only first-team appearance in the Copa del Rey in 2013.
The midfielder was soon sent on loan to Sporting Gijon and Eintracht Frankfurt before Schalke signed him on a permanent deal in 2018.
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But Mascarell spent enough time at the Santiago Bernabeu to get to know the stars who were blocking his path to the first team and he has fond memories of Benzema in particular.