Headline in Luis Enrique’s midfield, the young man from Montreuil has surprised by his physical background and his maturity
He has everything to become an important player for PSG”, the Asturian coach predicted about him
The PSG youth squad Warren Zaïre-Emery17 years old, has achieved what nobody expected: outshine kylian mbappe and Ousmane Dembele. Holder in midfield Luis Enriquethe young man from Montreuil (outside Paris) has surprised by his physical background and his maturity.
Born March 8, 2006, Zaïre-Emery He has been a fixture in the eleven of the Spanish coach in the three league games, against Lorient (0-0), Toulouse (1-1) and the victory last Saturday against Lens (3-1), in which he assisted the Spanish Marco Asensio in the first goal. “He has everything to become an important player for PSG,” he predicted Luis Enrique about the new pearl of the training center of the psg.
In a midfield that aligns the Portuguese creative vitinha and the Uruguayan ball retriever Manuel Ugarte, Zaïre-Emery He does “everything and does it well”, he told “L’Équipe” this Monday Jose AlcocerFrance under-16 coach. “He knows how to do so many things that he is a blessing for a coach, first we put him in the team and then the other ten”Alcocer recounted.
Short and long game, marking and pressing, The precocious midfielder’s repertoire is varied and his profile fits perfectly into Luis Enrique’s demanding system, who asks his pupils to press tirelessly to quickly regain possession. Along these lines, the adolescent’s physical capacity is tremendous, supported by unusual musculature for a 17-year-old player who is 1.78 meters tall.
This allows him to compete with footballers who are already fully physically formed. in a championship as demanding in that aspect as the French one. “He has room (for improvement) in the definition part, in the last pass, also in positioning himself as a leader by taking the floor,” completed the U-16 coach.
Zaïre-Emerywho made his debut with the first team last year at the age of 16 years and 9 months, becoming the earliest footballer in the psgwas widely cheered on Saturday when he was replaced by the Spaniard Carlos Solerat minute 86.
At the end of that clash, the young man from Montreuil starred in a scene about what he wants to be the new psgwith players who identify with their colors. Microphone in hand, he went to the curve of the Parisian ultras to sing with them. In front of the press, Zaïre-Emery did not tremble either, with a measured and sensible speech in which he took the opportunity to praise his midfield colleagues.
“It’s a pleasure to play alongside Vitinha and Ugarte. It’s crazy what (Ugarte) does, he recovers a lot of balls,” he said, about a Parisian center in which the Italian lost his place Marco Verrattipattern in the last decade. PSG number 33 does not leave his studies behind either, next spring he will take the selectivity in the area of management sciences and technologies.