Tag: Eduardo Camavinga

Camavinga exits France friendly with injury

It doesn’t look good for Camavinga, or for Real Madrid

Eduardo Camavinga exited a France friendly against Chile on Tuesday with an apparent injury.

The Real Madrid midfielder/defender trudged off just before halftime at the Stade Vélodrome with what appeared to be an ankle injury.

Camavinga, having removed his left shoe, slowly walked off under his own power, but was in clear discomfort as he discussed the issue with trainers in the 43rd minute. He would be replaced by Matteo Guendouzi a minute later.

Camavinga’s injury could be a major concern for Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid, who will come out of the international break with some daunting matches on the schedule.

An always-difficult match against Athletic Club is coming up on Saturday, while the club’s Champions League quarterfinal clashes with Manchester City loom on April 9 and 17.

Camavinga has been critical for Real Madrid, appearing in 32 of the club’s 41 matches this season. Ancelotti has relied on the 21-year-old both as a box-to-box presence in the midfield for los Blancos, as well as regularly deploying him at left back.

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Tchouameni rejected Mbappe’s plea to join PSG

Mbappe did his best for PSG, but Tchouameni made his choice

Aurélien Tchouameni just joined Real Madrid, but according to the young France midfielder, Kylian Mbappe tried his best to lure him to Paris Saint-Germain.

Tchouameni moved to Real Madrid in a €100 million deal last week and will wear the number 18 shirt, but during his official unveiling today in Madrid, the move didn’t come without Mbappe attempting some salesmanship.

“Kylian decided to stay at PSG and he already knew I was going to leave Monaco and wanted to know if I could go to PSG,” Tchouameni told reporters. “I told him I wanted Madrid.”

Mbappe wasn’t the only France player making appeals to Tchouameni, as the 22-year-old midfielder said that Karim Benzema and Eduardo Camavinga helped him make his choice.

“I have been lucky enough to speak with Benzema and Camavinga. In the case of Camavinga, we have seen how he has improved in his first year,” said Tchouameni. “I am going to be lucky enough to play for the club with the best striker in the world. When the negotiations progressed, he wrote to me and he asked me if he could help me.”

Tchouameni speaks