Club’s former owner leads the polls in spiky mayoral race but is accused of putting forward ‘nothing of substance’ Club’s former owner leads the polls in spiky mayoral race but is accused of putting forward ‘nothing of substance’ K arim Benzema doesn’t often involve himself in French politics. At the end of January, though, the striker gave a glowing endorsement of Jean-Michel Aulas, the former Lyon president who is leading the city’s mayoral race. “He has everything it takes to do well,”