Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has hit out at the French press over claims around Karim Benzema.

Speaking to RMC Sport, the France international took the opportunity to deny L'Équipe's report that the French camp was better without Benzema.

“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 said.

"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."