Marseille’s Ounahi Eyes Exit as New Coach Benches Moroccan Star

The Marseille adventure could end for Azzedine Ounahi. A poor understanding with OM’s new coach Marcelino García Toral could lead to his departure. A starter at the beginning of the season, the Atlas Lion has spent two games on the bench against Metz and Brest. He now sees his future far from the French club and would consider joining an English or Spanish club and not a Saudi team, reports footmercato, which adds that the 23-year-old player wants to have playing time this season and "contrary to recent rumors", his entourage and him "are not at all, open to the idea of a transfer to Saudi Arabia".

According to several media sources, Al-Hilal has offered him a contract of 15 to 20 million euros to join its squad. This information was confirmed by Marwan Belkacem in a post on X. A few hours later, he deleted the tweet. "If I’m told there’s a possibility of a departure, I’m also told that Saudi Arabia would not have moved in the end. I prefer to have the humility to withdraw what I said yesterday even though I have several concordant sounds of bells that say the opposite," he nuanced in another tweet on Monday.