Last summer, Warren Zaire-Emery was at the heart of a controversy with the France team. The choice of Didier Deschamps to summon the PSG player for Euro 2024 rather than leaving him at the disposal of Thierry Henry for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has raised eyebrows. The former Espoirs coach then delivered a fairly straightforward response on the subject.
Warren Zaire-Emery was caught in a rather unexpected controversy with theFrench team last summer. The PSG player was summoned by Didier Deschamps to dispute theEuro 2024 with the Blues. But the 18-year-old midfielder did not play a single minute in the entire competition. The choice of Didier Deschamps then questioned, some believing that the French coach should have left him at the disposal of Thierry Henry for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“His role is to win the Euro”
The former coach of Hopes then delivered a very straightforward response regarding Warren Zaire-Emery. « Did Deschamps not help me by taking Zaire-Emery? That's not his role. His role is to win the Euro. It was his role » launched Thierry Henry at the microphone of RMC.
PSG was surprised by Deschamps
At the time, the choice of Didier Deschamps had surprised the PSG. The capital club would have been surprised not to see Warren Zaire-Emery play given the season he had just had according to RMC Sport. THE Red-and-Blue had not, however, called into question the decision of the coach of theFrench teamwho will leave his post after the 2026 World Cup.