2023-11-13 08:54:00
After only 18 starts in Ligue 1, Warren Zaire-Emery enters the big leagues. Selected for the French team’s next international matches by Didier Deschamps even though he will not celebrate his 18th birthday until next March, the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder is a true phenomenon of precocity.
As Kylian Mbappé said so well, sometimes you shouldn’t talk about age. Obviously, witnessing the change in dimension of this young player in the space of a few months can only rejoice. It’s always satisfying to see a hopeful French football player shine so brightly, and prove at the same time that our pool remains one of the most extensive in the world of football.
A totally justified selection
Didier Deschamps’ decision is logical: when we look at the French midfielders at the moment, Zaire-Emery has his place. With the fall of Paul Pogba, the injury of Aurélien Tchouaméni, or even the departure for Saudi Arabia of N’Golo Kanté, the call-up of the young Parisian does not leave a mark. The Blues have also already secured their ticket for the next Euro in Germany, and the matches against Greece and Gibraltar this month will serve as ideal matches to prepare for the future.
Anyone who will pass their baccalaureate in a few months (yes, it makes you dizzy) keeps your feet on the ground. Well surrounded, the new jewel of French football aspires to remain the same at 17, as he indicated on Prime Video. “I’m very happy, it’s a great pride, but I remain myself and it’s daily work. I have no words. I wasn’t aware of it, the surprise was total. I am with them every day, I was happy that my teammates surprised me, it proves that the group is united. »
Yet, at the same time, it is difficult not to want to preserve the neo-Blue, and to ask for patience. In modern football, young players are increasingly precocious and do not hesitate to shake up the age pyramid. Bellingham, Musiala, Gavi, Camavinga and even Foden: there is no shortage of examples for these big teenagers who shake up the hierarchy and regularly exceed fifty matches per season.
The Pedri example
But the accumulation of efforts and the sequence of competitions can have disastrous effects. It’s hard not to think of young Pedri, who had a successful 2020-2021 season with FC Barcelona, but also the Spanish selections. At just 18 years old, he has played in La Liga, Champions League, Euro and even the Olympic Games! A hellish pace with consequences that he is paying for today, since he accumulates muscle glitches.
Obviously, if we like football, we want to see Warren Zaire-Emery on the field as much as possible. The player born in 2006 has the full range of an accomplished midfielder with the quality of passing, the ability to project, the physical resistance, but also the striking power, which he is showing more and more this season. And in a club like Paris Saint-Germain where the pressure is maximum, the young protégé of Kylian Mbappé is doing brilliantly.
First designated captain of Thierry Henry’s Espoirs even though he was already the youngest in his category, Zaire-Emery continues to outperform his colleagues. And even if we would like it to be preserved and protected, talent sometimes surpasses all considerations. We of course have complete confidence in Didier Deschamps and Luis Enrique not to go faster than the music. If the young Parisian is well supported, there is no doubt that he will be a major protagonist of French football for more than a decade…
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