2023-11-10 13:35:54
A native of Yvelines where he grew up, trained in Nanterre just a few throws from the Parc des Princes, Victor Wembanyama has always been a PSG fan. His golden exile in Texas does not change his love for the Parisian club. Questioned by an American colleague before the Spurs match against Rudy Gobert’s Wolves, on the night of Friday to Saturday, “Wemby” confirmed it: “My team is PSG”.
He was completing a response to a question about his relationship with his partner Jeremy Sochan, a Polish international. “We sometimes talk about football,” confides the Frenchman. Jeremy was probably the first to welcome me to the Spurs, before I was even drafted. I played against him a long time ago. We’ve known each other for a long time and we get along well. But it’s a shame he’s an Arsenal fan. »
Victor Wembanyama has always been a football fan. He actually started the sport as a goalkeeper. “The player I followed the most was Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper of Bayern and the German team. Because when I played football, I was a goalkeeper. He was my favorite player. Idol is a bit exaggerated because I also really liked Ronaldinho,” he told us in December 2022 in an exclusive interview.
A few weeks earlier, he had been seen at the Parc des Princes at the very beginning of Wembamania. “I have always been a football fan,” he said on occasion. I made some myself a few years ago. I was a goalkeeper. Now that I play in the Paris region, it’s an almost weekly event for me to come and see PSG. » He also met Kylian Mbappé for a first summit meeting between the two stars of French sport.
“We are both young, from the same generation and we are each trying to accomplish things in our sport. But we both have to write our own story and for him as for me, even if he’s got a little head start, it’s only just beginning. Many things are still to be written and I hope that, for him as well as for me, the pages will be beautiful,” he confided to Le Parisien the day after the 2022 World Cup final.
Kylian Mbappé and Victor Wembanyama crossed paths last October in the corridors of the Parc des Princes. DR
In May, a few hours before the NBA draft lottery, it was the captain of the French football team who came to Levallois to encourage Wemby with Omar Sy at his side. “You don’t need to be a high-level athlete to know that this guy is special,” Kylian Mbappé commented on beIN Sports. What we can do is accompany him, support him, admire what he has already done and what he will do in the future. » He then attended the lottery alongside the giant.
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