André-Frank Zambo Anguissa: 'If Scott Parker tells you it’s possible, you believe it’s possible'

06-Mar-2021 20:00:42 | The Guardian

A loan spell in Spain has transformed the all-action midfielder who is ‘channelling his energies’ at Fulham

Unusually among footballers, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa enters our Zoom meeting on time. It might be in keeping with his demeanour – polite, friendly and engaged – but it is somewhat out of kilter with his career arc. “I arrived late,” he says of coming into the professional game.

That is true by modern standards but having developed “in the streets, playing after school with my friends every single day” in his home city of Yaoundé, Cameroon, rather than being hothoused in an academy, Fulham are reaping the benefits of his less-than-linear path. The 25-year-old is one of the surprises of this fluctuating Premier League season, a beacon of consistency in a sea of oscillating performers.

It’s about going step by step. Some young players don’t really know the Premier League and they get burned