Rennes (AFP)

Eduardo Camavinga, the very promising 17-year-old midfielder from Stade Rennais coveted by the press by Real Madrid, said he felt "good in Rennes" in an interview published Friday by the daily Ouest France, which is his first intervention in the press.

The media evoke an interest of Real but also of Liverpool, Dortmund or even PSG? "Certainly, it's nice that big clubs like those mentioned are interested in me, but (...), I'm not too interested in that. Especially since I'm fine in Rennes. We'll see what follows ... . I let my parents and my agents manage this, "replies the young prodigy.

He, whom his club has so far jealously guarded from the media, is also trying to escape rumors of the bright future that some predict. "I don't look too much, but I see anyway. In fact, I can't avoid it."

"Once, in Amiens in the League Cup (in December 2019, editor's note), an opponent told me: + We have to exchange our shirts before you go to Real Madrid +. But I didn't have too much want to joke, we had just been eliminated. After that, I thought about it, I laughed about it, "he says.

"What I know about my future is that I will go for free to Fougères (the club where he started near Rennes, editor's note) to end my career. I will only ask for a small voucher after the matches ", he jokes.

Trained in Rennes, where he is under contract until 2022, Eduardo Camavinga made his debut in Ligue 1 just a year ago, at the age of 16 years and 5 months, before quickly establishing himself as a pillar of the team, impressive in precocity but above all in assurance, liveliness and vision of the game.

The young prodigy, born in Angola to Congolese parents and arrived in France with his family at the age of 2, was naturalized in November and summoned in stride as a team of France Espoirs.

Asked if he dreams of participating in the Olympic Games or the Euro next year, he replies that his dream is the World Cup, the next edition of which will take place at the end of 2022 in Qatar. The Euro and the Olympics, "it's more of a goal. And yes, I hope to be there. I will have to be given the means next season, to work hard".

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