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    TALENT SCOUT

    Jul 08, 2022 3 minutes
    Words Nick Bidwell

    EURO U17 STARLETS

    Mathys TEL

    Rennes

    In a sentence

    Tremendously versatile frontrunner, the skipper of France’s victorious Under-17s has been scaling the football ladder at a remarkable lick in recent times.

    What they say

    “I noticed scouts representing Atalanta and Internazionale, and some from Manchester and Germany too. There was a sort of euphoria around Mathys”
    Thomas Berlette, Tel’s former youth coach
    “From the moment I came into contact with him, I felt he had that extra something. His touch on the ball, the ease with which he played”
    Eric Campaner, his coach at

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