“Camavinga was not feeling well …”

Eduardo Camavinga (18 years old) has lived in a cloud since he signed for Real Madrid. His smile as soon as he set foot in the capital of Spain, which was never erased from his presentation as a new white player, attests to this. The player who is called to be the one to succeed Pogba as the midfield star of the French national team takes the most important leap of his career and does so without vertigo. “Having fled the war has given me strength,” he said. In his former team, the Stade Rennes, they trusted to be able to endure him one more year in their ranks. For the growth of the player and the team itself. But The midfielder, who ended his contract in 2022, was not going through his best mood and between all parties it was decided that he would get out of his comfort zone in a big way. This is how Bruno Genesio, his coach at the French club, explains it. “Here it had become difficult for him. It was also for us, because we all wanted to see him well. In my opinion, he was not feeling well. The best solution would have been to extend his contract for another year, but looking back, I think it's good for him to go abroad. “he declared.

Genesio does not see him out of tune with Casemiro, Kroos and Modric. His talent and his work are the best guarantees of Camavinga: “It is where it deserves to be. Now it is his turn to demonstrate on the field of play and he has to give everything to succeed there. He often told her that qualities were not lost overnight. In certain contexts, he made things more difficult, but he's talented and hard-working. He has everything to be successful ”.

Asked if it hadn't been better for the career of the midfielder who had stayed in France, at PSG, which is the other club that put the most interest in his signing, Genesio was clear: “No, sometimes leaving your environment very close, your training club, your comfort zone, is good. And that gives him back the qualities thanks to which he played at such a young age and which he had lost a bit lately.

Rennes lost their great jewel but won an important financial injection for a player who finished his contract next June. After his signing for Madrid it transpired that the white entity paid 31 million euros fixed, but that the operation can go to 40 or 45 depending on the variables. The French club gave details of the operation in a small press conference called by its sports director, Florian Maurice. “It was very, very fast. 48, 72 hours before, he had already started arguing with Real Madrid. For the club, for the player, it is something that ends very well. I have always said that I did not want Eduardo to go free. Neither did he, actually, his family didn't want him either. What is happening there is great. In today's context, he could have said, “I wait six months before signing somewhere and I'm going free.” It's your credit to get there. For me, it goes to the biggest club in the world. For him, it is deserved, although he has had a season that has been difficult both in football and off-sport. A lot has happened around him. He's a top-tier guy, a top-tier player. A few months ago, we would have expected to necessarily sell it a little more expensive, but in the current context, it is a very interesting sale, I think it is even the largest transfer that is made in France ”.