Called by Didier Deschamps to replace Presnel Kimpembe, Axel Disasi is the little surprise for this 2022 World Cup.
Axel Disasi was among the players followed closely by Didier Deschamps, but had not been summoned by the coach of the France team. “I saw my name circulating a bit so I was on the lookout. If it pissed me off? I wanted to be polite but you said it in my place”, he will answer Emmanuel Petit before confessing see the France team as a consecration. “I think there is no higher than the France team. The performances I am achieving at the moment allow me to claim a place but we must continue in this state of mind and confirm because it is the harder.”
His dream of playing with the Blues and being present at the World Cup is therefore realized following the announced withdrawal of Presnel Kimpembe this Monday, November 14. The AS Monaco defender has also made the buzz in recent hours after very heavy statements against the referee following the defeat of ASM against Olympique de Marseille.
Axel Disasi has dual Franco-Congolese nationality. The Democratic Republic of Congo has been closely following his career for several years and has already pre-summoned the player for the 2020-2021 season when Disasi broke through at the Stade de Reims, his training club which he will leave in the summer of 2020 for Monaco. . The defender had not responded to this summons then had responded to that of the French Hopes for Euro 2021 in the category, Sylvain Ripoll then calling him as reinforcements. Disasi had remained on the bench during the lost quarter-final and has no selection in Espoirs, against 3 in the France U20 team, so he could still respond to calls from the DRC, but with this summons, it’s probably over.
Born in Gonesse, Axel Disasi made his debut in Val d’Oise in Villiers-le-Bel before joining Senlis and then the Paris Football Club academy with which he started in professional football at the age of 15 in Ligue 2. he following summer, in July 2016, he joined the Stade de Reims training center with which he signed his first professional contract and participated in the promotion to Ligue 1 during the 2017-2018 season. Gradually starting in Ligue 1, he won alongside the more experienced Abdelhamid and shone in the eyes of the general public during a season marked by the Covid-19 epidemic. Enough to catch the eye of AS Monaco recruiters who hire him in the summer of 2020 with whom he participates in the Europa League and the preliminary round of the 2022-2023 Champions League. Scorer against PSV Eindhoven, he could not however avoid the elimination of the Principality club in the second leg.
In the summer of 2022, the name of Axel Disasi circulated to strengthen the defense of PSG. Eager to hire Inter Milan stopper Milan Skriniar, the Parisian club had made Disasi its “plan B”, a wish reinforced by Disasi’s capital performance against Lionel Messi at the end of August 2022. Not a seller, AS Monaco would have addressed an end of inadmissibility to the Parisian club. “It’s always pleasant to be associated with PSG, it’s a very ambitious club but we were coming to the end of the transfer window. There were contacts, it intensified after the match at the Parc des Princes but I felt I was passing a milestone in Monaco, I wanted to continue. I have three years left on my contract, I like England. It’s my favorite league. To choose, I’ll take the place where I can progress the most “, then evoked the player, questioned by RMC Sport.