Soccer : Hatem Ben Arfa, the new Zidane | M6 | 66 minutes

Today it’s impossible for him to take a quiet stroll down the streets of Lyon without being asked for an autograph or a photo. At just 21 years old, Hatem Ben Arfa is the revelation of the French soccer squad and it’s no surprise. At the age of 12, he was already being compared to the greats. When he was thrust into the limelight by a Canal+ documentary, Lyon, the best club in France, snapped him up in 2002 for €150,000 when he was only 15. Two years later, the prodigy signed his first professional contract. Misunderstood and a loner, he spent three difficult years before confirming this year that he is the top talent in French soccer. At the age of 20 he scored his first goal for the French team, just like a certain Zidane.Who is Hatem Ben Arfa? We retrace his childhood in the projects at Chatenay-Malabry in the Paris region where he grew up, where it all began for him. A portrait of the player that major European clubs value today at €25 million.