Warren Zaïre-Emery

BBC Sport pundit Stephen Warnock believes PSG's Joao Neves, Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery are "the best three midfielders" in the world after their influential role in the French champions' 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League quarter-finals.

⚽ Champions League latest, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg 0-2) ⚽ Atlético Madrid v Barcelona – updates | Live scoreboard When Warren Zaïre-Emery ran the show as a 17-year-old in a 3-0 win against Milan, Thierry Henry said “the sky is the limit” for the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder. His stratospheric rise led him too close to the sun, though, and the crash back down to Earth was a rude one. But he has since dusted himself off. Liverpool Van Dijk, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones. Paris Saint-Germain Nuno Mendes, Kvaratskhelia.

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Thierry Henry loves him. Didier Deschamps made him a France player at 17. And Luis Enrique says he is ‘spectacular’ By Get French Football News When Warren Zaïre-Emery ran the show as a 17-year-old in a 3-0 win against Milan Thierry Henry said “the sky is the limit” for the midfielder. His stratospheric rise led him too close to the sun, though, and the crash back down to Earth was a rude one. But he has since dusted himself off. Beeswax was Icarus’ undoing; a mild ankle sprain did it for Zaïre-Emery. Not quite the stuff of legend, but far from inconsequential. Having started six of PSG’s eight games in the league phase of the Champions League last season, he missed their playoff tie against Brest and would not start another game in the competition all season. Luis Enrique had found his formula and Zaïre-Emery was not part of it. Fabian Ruiz joined Vitinha and João Neves in the midfield and they started every knockout game as PSG won the competition for the first time. The PSG midfield was dazzling without Zaïre-Emery.

Welcome to episode 3 of The Radar, where The Athletic's unrivalled range of global football experts will profile some of the game's most exciting up and coming talents who look set to star at this summer’s European Championships and Copa América. Paris Saint Germain’s Warren Zaïre-Emery has had a meteoric rise since rewriting the record books when he became the club’s youngest player and goalscorer when he was just 16 years old. Now 18 and already regarded as one of the most technically gifted midfielders in the world - could he be the next face of French football for years to come? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ste is here for the latest episode of Redmen Bitesize, the show that brings you all the Liverpool related news from the past 24 hours. In this episode, Ste discusses links to PSG midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, a loan deal for Harvey Davies and gives his reaction to Liverpool's Premier League fixtures for the 23/24 season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.