With the withdrawal of Eduardo Camavinga, Warren Zaire-Emery could experience his first selection for the French team against Gibraltar, this Saturday, as a starter.
Hit in the knee during Blues training on Wednesday evening, Eduardo Camavinga was forced to leave Clairefontaine. His withdrawal was made official this Thursday and he was replaced by Kephren Thuram. An absence which will lead Didier Deschamps to review his plans, since the Real Madrid midfielder was expected to start against Gibraltar this Saturday.
From then on, it is the new kid Warren Zaire-Emery who would hold the rope to replace him in the midfield, according to information from the daily The Team. The 17-year-old midfielder also replaced Camavinga during Wednesday’s training opposition. The Parisian thus played alongside Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann, who should start on Saturday evening. WZE would be one step ahead of Boubacar Kamara and Youssouf Fofana.
An incredible record will fall
The latest PSG nugget should therefore beat Eduardo Camavinga’s record and become the youngest player to wear the blue tunic since 1914. He will be 17 years, 8 months and 10 days old on the date of the match against Gibraltar. However, he did not beat the absolute record, placing third behind Julien Verbrugghe (16 years, 10 months and 6 days in 1906) and Maurice Gastiger (17 years, 4 months and 5 days in 1914).
