Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga was introduced as a new Real Madrid player and assured at a press conference that he is “ready to play now” in the face of the injuries of Toni Kroos and Dani Ceballos and that Brazilian Casemiro and Uruguayan Fede Valverde are late for their commitments with the selections.
“Yes, honestly I am already prepared. Then the coach will have to decide, but I’m ready to play, “he said when asked by EFE about whether he saw himself debuting next Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu against Celta de Vigo (9:00 p.m. CEST, -2 GMT).
“I am a young player and maybe I need time to adapt or maybe not, I feel ready,” he added.
A Camavinga who revealed where he likes to play the most despite the fact that he can adapt to all midfield positions: “It’s a question that I get asked a lot. I like to play in front of the defense, but I can also get ahead and I have to adapt to the styles of play and the positions that the coach asks of me ”, he commented.
A Real Madrid midfield in which he will have a lot of competition to play minutes, but he is not scared: “Obviously the competition motivates me a lot and I want to learn, soak up all his experience. They have been in the elite for many years and I am going to learn a lot technically and tactically ”.
“I come to learn. Then I will have to show the coach that I am prepared, work very hard and try to play minutes and be able to play on the pitch ”, he completed.
“Not that I resemble one or the other. I like to play, nothing more. I can contribute technique and aggressiveness. The team already has a lot of quality ”, he said when asked if it was a profile more similar to Casemiro, Luka Modric or Toni Kroos.
An absence of minutes that may leave him out of France’s list for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but he is not worried: “Obviously I will try to play as quickly as possible. With my family we have thought of everything and it is the best way to develop as a player and then the French team will come naturally if they call me up ”.
Finally, he highlighted the leading role played by Karim Benzema, one of the team captains: “Benzema is an idol for all French people, he behaves very well with young people and we can see it with Vinicius, because he is always by their side ”He declared. EFE (HN)