Morocco Eyes Real Madrid Prospect for National Team Debut

Will Youssef Lekhedim alias "Yusi" finally make his debut with the Moroccan national team? Summoned during the March training camp, he had not been used in the friendly matches against Angola and Mauritania. But with the growing interest of Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti in this 19-year-old player, Walid Regragui "is considering taking advantage of this situation by putting the player back at the center of his plans," according to the Win Win website. A source close to the coach of the Moroccan national team has also confided that Regragui has placed the Real Madrid prodigy at the top of the list of professionals playing on the European continent.

Regragui considers him one of the young talents to prepare for the future, particularly for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Morocco) and the 2026 World Cup. The coach of the Atlas Lions needs him to strengthen the left-back position, a position for which he develops "an obsession" and which he qualifies as a "field of experimentation," added the same source.

Regragui will hold a meeting with his assistants upon his return from his European tour to establish the list of potential new recruits who could join the national team in the next phase. He has in his sights three talents, at the top of which is the revelation of LOSC Lille, Ayoub Bouaddi, the gem of Club Bruges, Chemsdine Talbi, and the striker of the Scottish Rangers, Hamza Igamane. These players could be aligned for the matches against Niger and Tanzania during the fifth and sixth rounds of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) qualifiers.