Morocco’s Yassine Bounou Eyes Move to Argentina’s River Plate

Snubbed in Seville, Yassine Bounou is looking for a new club. The Moroccan goalkeeper has expressed the desire to play for River, the club of Argentine Ariel Núñez Ortega, his idol.
Yassine Bounou is a fan of River and wants to play for the Argentine club. "I’ve been a River fan since I was a child, since my father gave me an Argentine team jersey, which was my first football jersey and from that moment on, I’ve always loved Argentina and I love Argentines and especially, River fans," said the Moroccan goalkeeper in an interview with Infobae.
And he adds: "I would love to play there one day, but you never know. I hope it happens. I love that atmosphere, what they sing, how it’s lived." Bounou also confides that Argentine player Ariel Ortega has been his "idol" since he was a child. "Ortega is my idol and he knows it. We were able to talk
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