PSG kid Zaire-Emery is French football's next big thing
Zaire-Emery is just 17 years and eight months old, and if he plays for Didier Deschamps' side in either of their final Euro 2024 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Greece, he will become the youngest France player since before World War I.
That record is held by Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, who broke into the French team aged 17 years and nine months in September 2020. Even Kylian Mbappe was 18 when he made his debut.
Zaire-Emery's rise has been remarkable and vertigo-inducing, since he made his first-team debut for PSG on the opening day of last season in August 2022 at the age of 16 years and five months.
That night in Clermont-Ferrand, as he appeared off the bench to join Neymar and Lionel Messi on the pitch, he became the youngest player to represent PSG.
By the end of last season he was starting regularly for the Qatar-backed side. He has hardly missed a game in this campaign under new coach Luis Enrique. The French champions are reportedly hopeful of getting their starlet to extend his contract, which currently runs until 2025.
"Warren is aggressive, good technically, has good vision, can score goals and set up goals. He is the perfect example for all young kids in the PSG academy who want to be footballers and want to get to the highest level," said Luis Enrique after Zaire-Emery's man-of-the-match display against AC Milan in the Champions League last month.
Deschamps, who does not regularly attend club matches, was in the stands at the Parc des Princes that night and from that point on it seemed inevitable that Zaire-Emery would earn a call-up to the France squad.
His driving runs forward from midfield set up two goals that night. He has since scored in successive Ligue 1 matches for PSG and there are no
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