Special Envoy to Nice
Fairy tales still exist in modern football. All is not lost. Warren Zaire-Emery is living proof of that. Under the palm trees, the sun and the sweetness of Nice, with a Promenade des Anglais that has not aged a bit, the new phenomenon of the France team has chosen an attractive setting to start his career with the selection. Barring any last-minute glitches, the young Paris SG midfielder, who has been playing for the senior team since Monday at Clairefontaine, should get his first cap with the two stars against Gibraltar (20:45 p.m., TF1).
At 17 years, 8 months and 10 days, he would become the youngest player in the history of Les Bleus since... October 1911 and a certain Félix Vial who was six months younger. A record. Like all those who have already been beaten with his club. Another time, another era, but Zaire-Emery, who could be the son of Olivier Giroud to whom he returns 20 springs, seems destined for a bright future. From the temper of...
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