Jérémy Ménez is part of generation 87, in the company of Samir Nasri, Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa. A generation with extraordinary potential but which has never managed to shine in the France team.
Apart from Karim Benzema, these players probably did not make the career that was promised to them, even if Samir Nasri does not have to be ashamed. From the very beginning of his professional career, Jérémy Ménez was presented as a phenomenon. In January 2005, then 17 years old, he scored a tripled under the colors of FC Sochaux, in the space of seven minutes, against the Girondinis de Bordeaux.
Ment at Manchester United, the unknown trajectory
His trajectory could have been different. “I almost signed in Manchester United when I was 16-17 years old. I had visited Old Trafford and Alex Ferguson went to Longjumeau (Essonne) accompanied by his staff, to visit my father and try to convince him. It was I who had the last word and, in the end, I do not regret having signed Pro in Sochaux ”said to The team The former attacking midfielder, converted by sports consultant.
What would have been Ménez's fate by joining
The Red Devils From the mid -2000s?
“I can still ask myself what my career would have been if I had joined United at that timeslips the former PSG player. Obviously, I would not have been holder when I arrived, but I would have joined the pro group and then no one can know what would have happened … “.
