France or Spain?
According to reports from Spanish newspapers, Enzo Zidane, the oldest of Zizou’s four footballing sons, will be called up for Spanish national youth team duties in the next weeks. Ginés Meléndez, the coach of the U-17 team, told French TV show Téléfoot that “our intention is to call him up in October. We want to speak with his father so that we will be able to count on him next month.” This decision is sure not to sit well with France’s footballing authorities, who have so far believed it was too early to call Enzo up, and had said previously that they would leave it up to him to decide which country he wanted to play for.
Enzo is 15, plays in the cantera of Madrid and has both Spanish and French nationalities. Téléfoot also aired a program about Enzo, in which one of his Madrid teammates, Yoan Mendez, said of him, “Enzo is very nice and very humble. I was afraid to speak to him the first time I saw him. I didn’t know what to do, but he’s a very good person. Sometimes we see his father when he comes to pick him up after training. I got a photo with him.”
Meanwhile, Enzo’s coach José Fernández said, “in football terms, it’s clear that he inherited some things from his father. But it’s still too early to tell whether Enzo can become a professional player or not.”
Update: Papa Zidane said on TV5 Monde that he doesn’t have a preference between France and Spain, and that Enzo reminds him of himself in some of the things he does. Cute!
I wish there were less fuss about him, not because he doesnt deserve it but because it musnt be very easy to deal with. Papa zidane already made it clear that he was a bit pissed off by all this and that he will be the one deciding for enzo when needed.
What is up with the red string around his wrist… Zidane used to wear one too (long before the Kabalah craze) is it a Berber thing?
This is something some kabyle people wear as a protection against the evil eye, it’s kinda traditional and made by th oldest women of the family.
Ahhhhh He is so adorable. I can’t wait until he goes professional. Finally a (sort-of) footballer than I can like without feeling like he’s old enough to be my father.
But I do feel sorry for him that he has to deal with all this attention.