Gustavo Poyet was Aurélien Tchouaméni ‘s first coach in professional football when he made him debut in Ligue 1 when he was manager of Girondins de Bordeaux. The Uruguayan spoke about Real Madrid’s latest signing in El Larguero.
What’s Tchouameni like?
“When I arrived at the club in January 2018, I started going to watch the subsidiary games. I’m going to watch the junior cup in France. This Tchouaméni and another one. The physique was impressive, elegance. We brought him to the preseason and you can tell right away what kind of person he is. An exceptional boy, he was still studying.
Very polite, eager to improve. A tremendous physique. And a facility to play in midfield that is difficult to find. When he was with me he recovered a thousand balls. A way to reach and stretch the leg to get it out and recover it. Over time I realized that he also has ease in box-to-box, in the area. Little by little they have been taking it back, as number 6″.
where did i put it
“I put him in Modric’s place, although if you give him a choice he gets ahead of the defense, that’s where he really likes it. Lead the team and be that last barrier before the line of 4. The best game I saw him with France was alongside Kanté. With that freedom. If he plays with Pogba he has to cover him more. He is still 22 years old”
Adaptation to Real Madrid
“With the midfield that Madrid has today, nothing happens that takes a month or three to adapt. He doesn’t have to play tomorrow, although he’s going to want to. The same case as Camavinga this year. He is going to be top, calmly. The other monsters are winning Champions”.
His position at Real Madrid
“I think that with Kroos and Modric I would play for Casemiro. Look what is happening to Fede Valverde, the other monsters are there. This year at Monaco he enters more into the area. When he was young he was much more offensive than he is today.
The theme of the goal is in his DNA. He will always score a goal. Personality? Very calm and intelligent, very good family. He likes to learn. One day I called him to watch his game, watch the video together. He was totally involved, with seeing what he had done, very eager to learn”.
More projection than Camavinga
“This one is more showy. But Tchouaméni surprised me from a very young age. Ancelotti is not going to make a mistake, that’s for sure”.
Tchouaméni planted PSG and Mbappé
“I answer it from the other side. I think Mbappé was wrong, that’s for sure.”
