At 16 years, 4 months and 29 days, the titi made his first appearance with Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.
Evening of firsts, records and boxes for PSG on Saturday. Christophe Galtier’s men have indeed given the lesson to Clermont (0-5) in its Gabriel-Montpied stadium. The opportunity for Marco Verratti to equal Sylvain Armand in second place among the most capped players in the history of the club, for Hugo Ekitike to take his first steps in Rouge et Bleu and for Nordi Mukiele, to return to Ligue 1 four years after leaving her. Galtier also offered his first minutes to one of the most promising titis, Warren Zaire-Emery. Came into play in the 82nd minute on Saturday in Auvergne, in place of Verratti, at only 16 years, 4 months and 29 days old, he dethroned El Chadaille Bitshiabu, launched into the deep end at 16 years old, 7 months and 3 days old. the end of 2021 by Mauricio Pochettino.
The one that Presnel Kimpembe qualifies as “petit crackexpressed his joy to the club media:Obviously, it’s something special for me, something I expected since I was in preparation (in Japan). It’s an honor, a pride for me to wear the shirt and play my first minutes with Paris Saint-Germain.“, he savors. “He will remember it all his life”, guesses Galtier, who notably made a void in his workforce, with this famous loft, to have minutes to offer to young Parisian shoots. “He seems to have a lot of maturity. Already, he loves football, his job, he loves the club“, adds the 55-year-old technician.
Galtier has more freedom than Pochettino
The entry of Zaire-Emery is in fact even more than a record of precocity or personal pride for the person concerned. Where Pochettino wanted to be powerless, unable to rely on the titis because of the size of his workforce, Galtier has free rein, with the support of Luis Campos and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and uses it. “At the very beginning of the season, we talked about it with the management of the club, the sports management, to give hope to our young players, telling them that it will be possible to play at PSG. The formation of PSG is of quality“, slips “Galette”, noting that on its services of the last weeks, in preparation, “it was time to give him his first minutes, the match was almost folded“. And to add:I am very happy for him and I know he is very happy. It’s a strong signal given to our training too“. The message clearly got through.
