A veteran of the Lille locker room, Rémy Cabella holds Lucas Chevalier in high esteem, placing him very high in the hierarchy of goalkeepers around the globe.
Everything is going very quickly for Lucas Chevalier (23), who is reaching new levels over the months to the point of knocking on the door of the French team. Better yet, he recently overcame this obstacle, crossing the threshold of this door which had remained closed for many weeks. The Lille goalkeeper, voted best LOSC player over the last three months, arrived at the Blues as the new kid, relegated to third at international level.
“It's good to have ambition, that's what should fuel a high-level athlete, especially when you arrive in the French team. But here, we are clearly in a phase of adaptation, of acclimatization with the group. I have Brice Samba, very experienced, and Mike Maignan in front of me. We also owe the respect of these goalkeepers, for arriving with all the humility that I have. It’s so special for me, so strong, that I just want to enjoy it”he confided at a press conference, when asked about the competition for the position of goalkeeper in the France team.
Third thief among the Blues and in no hurry to shake up the hierarchy, Lucas Chevalier is nevertheless placed much higher by Rémy Cabella (34 years old). The veteran of the Lille locker room believes that his young teammate is today at the level of the greatest goalkeepers in the world: “For me, Lucas (Chevalier) is currently one of the four best goalkeepers in the world,” he exclaims in a video shot with la3emitemps in collaboration with Puma. Let me speak. In front, there is (Thibaut) Courtois, (David) Raya, he is good at the moment, and there is (Emiliano) Martinez, who still won the trophy for best goalkeeper in the world. After them, there is Lucas (Chevalier) »assures the French international.
“There is (Jan) Oblak who is hot too”still wishes to recall the main interested party, not totally thrilled by this statement, in the same way as half of the participants in this little game. “Don’t forget that we beat Atlético, that we beat Real Madrid, that we beat the big clubs”retorted Rémy Cabella. The pressure is now put on the shoulders of the native of Calais. Emerson, Alisson Becker, Marc-André Ter Stegen, Manuel Neuer and even Mike Maignan must have appreciated it.
