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Zeno Debast spoke to the press for the first time. The 18-year-old Anderlecht defender is calm, but his eyes are already wide open. "Was I dazzled? Yes, of course. It takes some time to adapt from television to reality. Someone like De Bruyne has a huge level." Debast first addressed the press in a conference, followed by individual interviews. "I didn't expect to be called up so soon, but I'm very proud," said the defender. "The presentation went smoothly. I trained for two days in June, so I already knew some of the players. It was good to see everyone again now and chat with them."

Roberto Martinez apparently wanted Debast to make a first call-up in March. "Our contacts are pretty fluid, although they usually go through the club and not directly with me," said Debast, who spoke to Martinez a few times, including about next week. "He told me to learn a lot, have fun and enjoy this week. My dream is to get to play some minutes, but first and foremost I'm here to learn and have fun, everything else is a bonus. Everything else is a bonus. The World Cup? That's a dream, of course. Who doesn't dream of that? I'd love to go.

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Like Anderlecht, the Belgium national team play with three men in defence. "That has to be an advantage, but also with the national youth teams we play with three at the back. So I know the system. But the fact that at Anderlecht we also play with three at the back is definitely an advantage for me to adapt more easily."

He is a defender with only 21 first division appearances, but Roberto Martinez has been impressed with him since he was a youth player, and in the Belgian youth teams: "I am very proud to be here today," he said on arrival at the Belgian training camp, in his first call-up. Debast is a player who has formed his characteristics as a centre-back by admiring Cristiano Ronaldo, who was not a centre-back, but he admires him for all that Cristiano's professionalism implies, although in his country, the benchmark is Vincent Kompany.

Liverpool wants Zeno Debast

Liverpool are keeping a close eye on Belgian defender, Zeno Debast, from Anderlecht. Borussia Dortmund are also interested in the 18-year-old. Now he is a central defender, but in his early days, Zeno Debast was an attacking midfielder, which means he has good feet at the start and a lot of criteria to start generating play, perhaps that is what made Martinez fall in love with him and put him in the starting line-up in one of the last trials for the Qatar World Cup.