Chemsdine Talbi #7

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Born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and Belgian mother, Talbi’s talent shone through in Club Brugge’s 2024-2025 Champions League campaign. It was hard to imagine that a few months before, he wasn’t even considered a starter. Talbi had missed a large part of the previous season with a knee injury but resilience was part of his young career. “He’s always been smaller than the others,” says his former coach Dwight Waeytens. “He was explosive and always managed to go past his opponents, but he needed to work on his physicality. He hasn’t always done it with a big smile on his face, but he still did it.” Talbi’s father was on hand to help, even if it meant going from Brussels to Bruges when his son’s fridge needed a restock. The winger’s first season in the Premier League has yielded big goals against Liverpool and Chelsea.

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