While he continues to impress with PSG, Warren Zaire-Emery should indeed be called up by Didier Deschamps for the next two matches of the France team. And this despite being 17 years old.
Warren Zaire-Emery had a particularly good week. On Wednesday, against AC Milan, the young Parisian midfielder delivered a performance, delivering two assists and multiplying high-class actions. So much so that the Montreuil native was named man of the match. Four days later, against Brest, if he was less flamboyant, he was once again decisive by opening the scoring with a magnificent strike into the top corner.
These great performances did not escape Didier Deschamps, who was also present at the Parc des Princes for the visit of Milan. And the French coach is undoubtedly all the less insensitive as he will have to cope without Aurélien Tchouameni for the two November matches against Greece and Gibraltar. Consequence of his foot injury. Questioned on the sidelines of the Ballon d’Or ceremony, the former midfielder nevertheless assured that his possible call-up for the two matches in November would not necessarily be linked to the Madrilenian’s withdrawal.
“It’s not linked to Aurélien’s package but it frees up a place. His presence is not linked to the fact that Aurélien is not there. I like him, yes, I already said it, he confided. A lot of people like it. With his young age, he shows a lot of maturity and he performs at a very high level. It is a very good thing. He is French and he is likely to be selected sooner or later. »
Questioned at the end of his festival against the Rossoneri, Warren Zaire-Emery admitted that he now had the French team in the back of his mind. “It’s a goal for everyone. Afterwards, I don’t necessarily think about it, I play my football, I will work to be able to access it”, he explained.
If he plays next month with the Blues, Warren Zaire-Emery would set a new record for precocity by becoming the youngest player to play with the Blues in more than a century. At 17 years and seven months, he would erase Eduardo Camavinga from the shelves.
