How wealthy are French centre-backs now? Perhaps now every young French centre-back transfer can become a major news in the transfer market, in February this year, the news of the transfer to Bayern Munich in Pamecano was officially confirmed, the young centre-back, who is regarded as the core of France's future defense, chose Bayern as his next stop, he has improved rapidly since he served as the main force in the 2017-18 season at Rb Leipzig, triggering a rush of major giants, and finally Bayern activated the 42.5 million euro penalty clause in Pamecano's contract, with De Ligt, Like transfers from Ruben Díaz and others, Bayern's signing is seen as one of the most important signings in the backline for European football giants in recent years.
Not only in Pamecano, rb Leipzig's other defensive star Cornett is also a red man in the transfer market, the 194cm tall player is more physical than Pamecano, although he is plagued by injuries this season, but according to many media sources, Liverpool's acquisition of Cornett has been completed, the Reds have activated Cornett's 35 million euros in liquidated damages, and the two defenders of Rb Leipzig will change the court next season, in a more competitive environment, I don't know what level they can show.
Rb Leipzig has lost two young defenders in a row, but in fact they have locked in a successor in the back line - yes, he is also a Frenchman, in March this year, Rb Leipzig has signed Strasbourg centre-back West Macan, born in 2000, who suffered a cruciate ligament tear in 2018, but he has been brave after defeating injuries, not only becoming the main force of the club, but also being selected for the national team. His extremely destructive defensive style has impressed in all competitions.
However, even The Parmecano and Connett, who have already landed in the giants, have not made the European Cup squad recently announced by France, and in Deschampan's list, Varane, Kimpembe and Lenglet occupy three places, and Deschamps gave the last center-back to Sevilla defender Conde. Conde is the red star in La Liga this season, his style of play is not the same as most of the current French centre-backs, he is not tall but has excellent defensive mobility, and his playing style is more mature, showing a high level of competition with a number of world-class strikers, and if Conde moves, his buyer will have to pay a large transfer fee. Laporte, who has just joined the Spanish nationality, has been selected for the Spanish team, which makes Spain happy, but Laporte has not yet played for the French national team, he was one of the best left-footed centre-backs in La Liga, due to the cold reception in france, Laporte finally chose to play for the Spanish team that matched his style of play.
Yu Pamecano, Cornett, Conde... In fact, in the next few years, it is estimated that there will be more young French centre-backs to become the protagonists of the transfer news, Leicester City back Fofana is not yet 21 years old, but he performed well during the Blue Foxes as the main force, Frankfurt's Ndika, Borussia Dortmund's Zagadou is currently a relatively scarce young left-footed center-back, in addition to the young Sal, Lacroix, Di Sasi, Salibba, Berthirish and others can not be ignored, the future competition for the French center-back position will be beyond imagination, after all, Varane, Kimpembe and others still have the ability to play the main force in the giants, and the "you catch up" competition of these young players will benefit the players themselves, and will also provide an extremely rich talent pool for the French national team.
The talent explosion in the French team's back line is enviable, but in fact, in recent years in French football, the talent reserve of the center-back position has always occupied a certain advantage. At the 1998 World Cup in France, Blank Desailly formed a center-back partnership, the slender, steady and commanding ability of Blank and the physically able and good interception Desaili helped France concede only 2 goals in the World Cup, another one of the best defenders in Serie A, Thuram, played as a right-back in the national team, and Blanco and Desailly's substitute LeBeuw was also a famous center-back for Chelsea.
In the 2000 European Championships, the French team's lineup did not change much compared to two years ago, but then the French team gradually ushered in a change of dynasty, Gala, Sylvester, who played in the Premier League, Zebina, who played in Italy, and others inherited the french defenders' physical condition and comprehensive technical characteristics, and their experience in the high-level league allowed them to maintain a better competitive standard, they can play center-backs or full-backs, so they are often called up by the national team, especially Gala. He has shown a high level during his time at Chelsea and Arsenal, and is also a major player in the national team, regarded as one of the best defenders after the "golden generation" of France.
At the 2001 World Youth Championships in Argentina, there was also a rather remarkable young French centre-back, the blonde Philippe Mex was the captain of the French youth team at the time, he became the captain of Auxerre before the age of 20, and showed outstanding one-on-one defensive ability and leadership skills in the adult team competition at a young age, and performed well in the World Youth Championship. However, according to the momentum of Mex's development at that time, his subsequent development trajectory was somewhat lower than expected, in 2004 he transferred to Roma, in 2011 was poached by ac Milan, during the Italian playing Time Mex although occasionally amazing performances, but his lack of discipline and lack of concentration and other shortcomings were also criticized, until 2016 retirement, Mex in his career only represented the French senior team in the 2012 Euro 2012 competition. Monaco centre-back Christanval was also one of the hottest young defenders in European football at the time, his excellent bounce, explosiveness and speed were amazing, christanval was acquired by Barcelona for 17 million euros in 2001, but this became a turning point in Christanval's career, he stumbled after several low-level mistakes at Barca, and after retiring in 2008, Christanval devoted himself to the jewelry business.
In addition, in recent years, the French national team has Givene, Bumsson, Squillacci, Escud, Koscielny, Rami and other choices, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the French team finally achieved a big outbreak, before the start of this tournament, Deschamps made an important change, he supported Pavard and Lucas Hernandez as the main full-backs, replacing Sidibé and Bunjaman Mendy, Pavard, who is good at scheduling the ball at the back, and Lucas, who is very defensively strong, have given France a new look to the midfield, and the defensive combination of Pavard Varane Umtiti Lucas has become a classic after the competition, and it is interesting that all four players in the French championship back line can play as center-backs.
After winning the World Cup, the French team's talent blowout did not stop, Umtiti was injured, Paris's Kimpembe gradually sat in the main force, Lenglet also got the favor of Deschamps, plus the young Pamecano, Conde, Conette, Fafana and others, their transfer fee will certainly not be a small amount, overall, the French team's defensive talent compared to the first 20 years of the 21st century is more than more than that, the future they are expected to form a real "golden dollar defense". (santiago-wang)