President Pedro Sanchez held a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in New York on Tuesday to defend the joint bid of Spain, Portugal and Morocco for the 2030 World Cup, after the controversy sparked by the Rubiales affair.
While Morocco intends to have him in its squad, the Franco-Moroccan prodigy Ilyes Housni is on loan for a season to Al-Sadd Doha, in Qatar, where he could easily be granted Qatari nationality.
Frank McCourt would have managed to convince Pablo Longoria who was considering resigning from the presidency of Olympique de Marseille (OM). The Boston billionaire would have exchanged with the club president on the sidelines of a crisis meeting held Tuesday at the Robert Louis-Dreyfus center.
Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday evening, with perhaps the best game of Achraf Hakimi in recent months and a superb goal. While Kylian Mbappé managed to get his team out of trouble by opening the scoring, it was the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi who really stole the show during this confrontation.
Moroccan international Azzedine Ounahi has lost the confidence of the Olympique de Marseille coach who has not fielded him for the Phoceans’ last matches. The latter blames him for a lack of commitment during training sessions, while former Marseille defender Adil Rami believes that the former Angevin would be of great use to the club. The 23-year-old player is considering leaving the club.
Oussama Idrissi has joined the Mexican club of Pachuca, after a last-minute transfer that was concluded in the final hours of the summer transfer window. The Moroccan winger arrived a few days ago in La Bella Airosa and was presented to the public on Monday.
Morocco is still trying to convince Brahim Diaz to join the Atlas Lions. The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, was spotted in the stands of the Santiago Bernabéu during the Real Madrid-Real Sociedad match.
The anger of the West Ham coach will cause the departure of Moroccan international Nayef Aguerd . The English club has decided to "sell" its central defender.
Salim El-Jebari , the Moroccan striker of Atlético Madrid’s reserve team, was the target on Saturday of racist insults from some supporters during the match against Real Madrid Castilla (2-2). The player responded in the best possible way by scoring a goal.
David Moyes, the West Ham manager, is said to have expressed his dissatisfaction with Moroccan international Nayef Aguerd , following the Hammers’ defeat against Manchester City (1-3) on Saturday.
Hakim Ziyech made an impression in his first match under the Galatasaray jersey against Samsunspor, as part of the 4th round of the Turkish championship.
A blow for Manchester United and their coach Erik ten Hag: midfielder Sofyan Amrabat will not be part of the match against Brighton this Saturday.