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Yet even after signing professional terms at 15, Bouaddi continued to show a thirst for knowledge. He won a public speaking competition for young players, delivering a speech on the subject ‘Are results more important than the manner they’re delivered?’ in front of first lady Brigitte Macron at the Elysee Palace.
“On the bus, while everyone was watching YouTube videos or listening to music, he’d play chess for one or two hours,” Lille’s former head of academy recruitment Mathieu Frison has since said. “In the evening, when all the others played FIFA or were on their phones, he studied mathematics, physics, science. His parents didn’t need to push him to do it – he wanted to learn.”
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