Not at best during the draw conceded by Paris Saint-Germain in Nice (1-1) in Ligue 1, Warren Zaire-Emery seems to experience a first setback in his progress. This Monday on RMC, Jérôme Rothen shared his doubts about the evolution of the promising midfielder to whom the Ile-de-France club has given a lot.
By conceding a draw (1-1) on the Nice pitch this Sunday at the end of the 7th day of Ligue 1, PSG left first place in the standings to Monaco. After a complicated week where Luis Enrique’s team also lost to Arsenal in the Champions League (2-0), Jérôme Rothen expressed some concerns about the ability of the Ile-de-France residents to raise their level of play for major events.
“When today I ask myself if the team is better? Frankly, there are players… I will leave it and be patient for those 20 years old who discover the championship. A Joao Neves, for example, we are not going to fall on him A Bradley Barcola, he arrives and is very good at what he does but sometimes he has booster shots”, analyzed the former midfielder on the show this Monday. Rothen s’enflamme on RMC. “There are other young people… Vitinha, Vitinha jurisprudence. When you go to judge young players, remember to look at where Vitinha was two years ago. He was in the cellar and everyone was wondering what it was that this recruitment. When he arrived last year, it was an essential pawn and this year it is an essential pawn.”
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Rothen has “big doubts” about Ruiz and “serious doubts” about Zaire-Emery
Among the big disappointments and reasons for concern for Jérôme Rothen: the midfield. In his eyes, PSG’s current environment is not good enough. The consultant notably pointed the finger at Fabian Ruiz and feared seeing Warren Zaire-Emery follow suit.
“On the other hand, on the other hand, we are also entitled to judge players who are not good. Who are not good like Fabian Ruiz. He had a fantastic Euro but it has been three years since matches like the one on Sunday… I mainly talk about the midfield and I think the midfield is essential for any team and if PSG wants to compete with the best European teams, the midfield needs to be much stronger than them. don’t show it,” continued the man who has 13 caps for the Blues. “And I have big doubts about Fabian Ruiz because it’s been three years and, after a while, we have the right to say that they were wrong or that it’s not the profile suited to Paris Saint-Germain. And about Warren Zaire-Emery, I’m starting to have serious doubts because I was placed as an international player, he was upgraded….”
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“Almost a short year where he is disappointing”
Uninspired with the ball and rushed in the duels, Warren Zaire-Emery probably had one of his worst matches since his emergence at PSG against Nice (1-1). Jérôme Rothen finds it much less good lately. Problem, it’s starting to last.
“With him, the problem is that everyone went a little faster than the music. And Didier Deschamps first. Give him the status of international player… Give him a (consequential) salary, and the leaders of PSG I also blame them for this, giving him a salary which places him among the best salaries in the workforce. Today, he does not deserve it compared to what he shows us”, judged the RMC consultant. Sport on his radio show. “He was excellent at the start of last year. Excuse me, but it’s been almost a short year where he’s been disappointing.”
Before concluding: “So for me, you can have some doubts about the fact that this player, in six months when we will have to try to compete with the best European teams if PSG is still qualified, excuse me but with this midfielder made up of Fabian Ruiz, Joao Neves and Warren Zaire-Emery, well we’re not going to go very far.”
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