The decline of Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi and N’Golo Kanté has given Didier Deschamps a problem – a 17-year-old has solved it
By Eric Devin for Get French Football News
“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” When Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote his allegorical poem Queen Mab, he was exhorting readers to be in the moment, not to daydream about what could be or what might have been. But his famous line also sums up the exceedingly brief career of the France and PSG midfielder, Warren Zaïre-Emery.
With France already qualified for Euro 2024, and the Real Madrid pair of Aurélien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga missing through injury, Didier Deschamps called up the 17-year-old for their final two qualifiers, against Gibraltar and Greece. Zaïre-Emery’s rise has been remarkably quick. He made his professional debut for PSG in August 2022, becoming the club’s youngest ever player at the age of 16 years and 151 days. He only recently made his debut for the France Under-21s, where he was picked as captain by manager Thierry Henry.
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