Why Matteo Guendouzi Is Such A Great Player: Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps has hailed Matteo Guendouzi but has asked fans to manage their expectations of him for now.

The Arsenal midfielder received a callup to the French national team after his performances in this season and the last and because of Paul Pogba’s injury.

He did not feature in the 4-1 win against Albania but he still has a chance to make his senior debut against Andorra on Tuesday. “Do not ask him too much, he’s a young player, still in the Espoirs (u21) generation,” Deschamps said.

“He’s playing a lot of games with Arsenal, where there’s a lot of competition, he’s a modern midfielder, box to box, with a lot of volume and technical qualities. What I expect is that he brings his freshness, his dynamism. He is a very young player but with very good potential.”

Guendouzi put up a Man of the Match-worthy performance against Tottenham Hotspur the previous weekend. He collected the assist for his side’s equalising goal and overall controlled his team’s midfield with a lot of maturity and composure.

Still only 20-years-old, fans have already marked him to be a future star and Unai Emery can only be praised for unearthing such a gem from the French second division.