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At 17 years and eight months, Warren Zaire-Emery should break the record for precocity in the French football team. If Didier Deschamps trusts him this Saturday evening against Gibraltar, the PSG midfielder will be the youngest player to wear the blue jersey since 1914. So obviously, he is the pride of his very first club, FCM Aubervilliers en Seine -St Denis.
Chasuble on the back, crampons on the feet. It’s training time for the Aubervilliers under-12s. It is on this same synthetic pitch that Warren Zaire-Emery, from the ages of 5 to 8, made his debut. Now a starter at Paris Saint-Germain, he could play this Saturday evening for the first time for the French team against Gibraltar, thus making him the youngest player to wear the blue jersey since 1914. A source of pride for Adam belong to the same club as his idol.
Precocity records
“He could become a very great player given his level. I like his game in the middle,” he analyzes. So obviously, among his apprentice footballers like Dolmich, we plan ahead. “I tell myself that if he played here and managed to break through, maybe I did too. It gives me a little boost in everyday life,” confides the young player.
At only 17 years old, the new midfielder of the Blues breaks all records for precocity. A rough diamond just waiting to be shaped for Zizek Belkebla, his first coach. “He was responsive. He liked to touch the ball and you could see that he already knew how to handle it, he was well ahead for his age. Not everyone can do ten or fifteen juggles on the ball. aged four and a half,” he says. “He was already organizing the game quickly because he had a certain intelligence. That’s what set him apart. First of all, it’s his strategy, his thinking in relation to his positioning and the match.” adds the coach. And there is no doubt that the entire Aubervilliers club will be behind their television to see the premiere of Zaire-Emery in blue.