Karim Benzema was voted best French footballer playing abroad for the fourth year in a row. Antoine Griezmann was not among the 5 finalists for the UNFP trophy for best Frenchman abroad.
The UNFP has nothing to do with it. It is stated, in its regulations, that "it is the professional footballers who elect, division by division, the best of them" and that the announcement of the nominees is made by theUNFP by putting the five nominees forward, in order to "increase the pressure"