Adil Aouchiche notably distinguished himself with PSG last January, becoming the second youngest scorer in the club's history, in the Coupe de France against Linas-Montlhery. - JEE / SIPA

  • Claude Puel is holding his possible first big blow on a summer transfer window, as manager of ASSE, with the signing of Adil Aouchiche on Monday.
  • Hope of PSG, launched in Ligue 1 at 17, this promising attacking midfielder has preferred to sign his first professional contract (three years) with the Greens.
  • Whether at Tremblay FC, where he played from 2009 to 2014, or in the France U17 team, Adil Aouchiche has always made a strong impression.

“Everyone has their chance, maybe I will too. At PSG, anything is possible and I want to win everything here. “Things have changed a lot for Adil Aouchiche since these statements to the Parisian , last January. After having lived at the age of 17 three starts with the professional group, and a first goal against Linas-Montlhery in the Coupe de France (0-6), the young attacking midfielder has just left his training club to sign his first pro contract on Monday (from three years) at ASSE. The new stage of a promising career for a major player (literally) for six days.

Responsible for the youth sector of Tremblay FC, Adil Aouchiche's second club in the Paris region (from 2009 to 2014), Salim Bouadla remembers a player outclassed in U12 then in regional U13 and “each season above the lot”. “He has always been beautiful to watch. We had a superb 2002 generation at Tremblay but he is the one who has advanced the fastest. I'm not surprised by his career because he already had the technique, the vision of the game and the ball catch. “Ball catches are also the number one asset put forward by those who have rubbed shoulders with the great Parisian hope.

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"An amazing leader" with the France U17 team

"His first touch quality has always been there to make the difference," confirms Jean-Claude Giuntini, his coach in the French U17 and U18 teams. With a lot of work on video and a great open-mindedness, he acquired alternatives in the game to be a little less centered on himself. But he didn't have to force his nature. It is enough to see his volume of play, the intelligence of his races and his taste for participating in defensive tasks. "

The coach of the France U17 team Jean-Claude Giuntini here congratulates Adil Aouchiche, after his brilliant quadruple against the Czechs at Euro U17 last year. - Philip Oldham / BPI / REX / SIPA

Not the profile of a raw talent irremediably soloist at heart then. With the Bleuets of Jean-Claude Giuntini, Adil Aouchiche has also changed dimension last year by reaching in quick succession the last four of the European Championship and then the U17 World Cup. "He was an amazing leader in these competitions," said his coach. Top scorer of Euro 2019 in Ireland, with nine goals in five games, including a quarter-quadruple against the Czech Republic (6-1), he confirmed his hatching at the Brazilian World Cup by becoming this time ... the best passer of the tournament with seven offerings.

ASSE, "a carefully considered choice"

"He always knew when to give his ball, and not to start dribbling three players when the game did not demand that", assures Salim Bouadla, who mentions "tests in Bordeaux and especially at OL" for the former playmaker of Tremblay FC, before he privileged at 12 the PSG, him the native of Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). Why has he not therefore favored a professional contract with his favorite club? “Adil is very well surrounded, he's a good kid who knows what he wants, who doesn't look for money when making a choice,” says Salim Bouadla, still in touch with his family. There, he was looking for better playing time guarantees than he could have in Paris. "

💬 "This fervor, this badge, this city that breathes football ..., it makes me want to give back." 💪

🗣 Adil's first words #Aouchiche, the new kid on the block 👇 pic.twitter.com/MSYEb4Xzlh

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The person concerned will indeed have more opportunities to evolve in Ligue 1 by competing with Ryad Boudebouz and Romain Hamouma, and no longer with Neymar and Angel Di Maria. “Coming from a very intelligent boy with his head on his shoulders, it's a carefully considered choice,” concludes Jean-Claude Giuntini. To see the look full of tenderness towards him from his new coach Claude Puel, on his video presentation Monday, we tend to believe it.

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