Mike Maignan, Olivier Giroud, Adrien Rabiot, but also Brandon Soppy, Valentin Gendrey, Brian Bayeye... This season, 29 French players play in Serie A, Italy's top division. A championship that has known delicate moments since its domination in the 1990s, and which finds its superb this year with the two clubs of Milan opposed in the semi-finals of the Champions League (2-0 for Inter in the first leg, half return this Tuesday, at 21 hours, on Canal + and RMC sport).
To discover
- Serie A standings
- Serie A schedule and results
The "old" Zlatan Ibrahimovic (41 years old) and Olivier Giroud (36 years old) rub shoulders with many bizuths and young people who have chosen to cross the Alps to discover the professional world in Italy. Seven players born after January 1, 2000 have joined the Italian elite, without even going through Ligue 1. Injured in their teens, subjected to too much competition, or forgotten by the first team, these "Blueberries" see Italy as a gateway to "adult football".
"A good gateway to develop"
Trained in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne...
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