#5 His maturity for making career decisions is remarkable
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For a young man, he has his head firmly screwed on his shoulders. Unlike many others, he is prepared to play the long game, as he has already proven by rejecting moves to Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain to stay at Monaco.
The trip to the Bernabeu was something that particularly lives with him, especially as he got to meet Zinedine Zidane.
“It’s a great memory,” he said in December. “Zidane was the idol of my youth, and he wanted to sign me for Real, one of the biggest clubs in the world. But I wasn’t ready to experience life abroad. To leave those close to me, my country, the language barrier… adaptation would have been too difficult.
“PSG also contacted me, but the project of Monaco corresponded to me better. They would allow me to progress and put in place the best conditions on a sporting, scholarship and human plan. Now things have changed at PSG – the young guys have more chance to play.”
