Veteran Moroccan Soccer Stars Seek Final Clubs in Career-Defining Transfer Window

Some of these players are at the end of their careers but still in their prime, and the others no longer have the physical conditions required to sit on the bench, let alone play on the field. There is Khalid Boutaib, a player from the Egyptian club Zamalek, whose quality of play was decisive in Morocco’s qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

He disappeared from the sports scene following an injury. But he took advantage of this time to heal in France and obtain a degree in Mathematics. At 33 and despite the troubles with his former club, he thinks he still has enough strength in his legs to join a club to end his career in style, reports Al Massae.

We also find Mourad Batna on the list. The player from Tetouan will have shone for a few years in Portugal and Turkey before finding himself without a club. At 30, the player hopes to relive the emotion of sports matches under the banner of a European club, before being hit by the criteria of the profession.

Of all these players who have no sports ties at the moment, Ayoub El Kaabi is the luckiest. Still young, he is free from any contract after being released from any commitment by the Chinese club Hebei Fortune. For a transfer of at least two million dollars, he could sign with a European or Egyptian club. His goal: to return to the national team in top form, specifies the same source.