After starting his career in midfield and sometimes helping out as a right back last season, Warren Zaire-Emery has discovered a new role for two matches: that of left back. In the absence of Nuno Mendes and Lucas Digne, dismissed on Friday against Monaco, Lus Enrique chose the young French international (20 years old) for this position which he nevertheless masters rather poorly. Which is not necessarily good news for the future.
According to Pierre Ménès, the versatility of “WZE” could turn against him in the long term. “By playing everywhere, there is a given moment when Luis Enrique will be tempted to say to himself that if he can play everywhere, he can also play nowhereestimates the consultant in his column Facing Pierrot on YouTube. And maybe when (Fabian) Ruiz, Joao Neves and Vitinha are in good shape and Nuno Mendes and (Achraf) Hakmi are there, to put Zaire-Emery back on the bench. »
“We see that he is not at all made for that”
“There, it’s Zaire-Emery who sacrifices himself because, frankly, making him play left back in the last two matches, we see that he is not at all made for thatcontinues the sports journalist. We are reaching the limits of this absolute versatility demanded again and again by Luis Enrique. And when we see a player like Zaire-Emery, who is capable of playing in several positions and who does it without complaining, I think he deserves another treatment. »
