Since the setback at the 2023 CAN, Walid Regragui has been struggling to find the winning combination to return to victory. Under fire from critics, the coach of the Moroccan national football team will have to reinvent himself to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. His future at the head of the Atlas Lions depends on it.
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) is pursuing its policy of detecting the best talents abroad to integrate them into the den of the Atlas Lions. It has in its sights the PSG prodigy and striker of the French U16 team, Ibrahim Mbaye, recently elected best player of the Montaigu World Cup.
The Spanish technician of PSG Luis Enrique is desperately looking for a replacement for Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi , who will not be present in the Parisian squad for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against FC Barcelona on Wednesday. He was suspended after a yellow card received against Real Sociedad on March 5.
Barça wants to recover Chadi Riad , the Moroccan central defender who was loaned out with a purchase option to Real Betis. The young player, who is thriving in the latter club, should be back in the Catalan club in June.
Footballer Yassin, 22, the elder brother of Ilyes Bennane has made a video to immortalize the exploits of the young Moroccan prodigy with the Belgium U15s and the Atlas Lions cubs.
The Moroccan midfielder of Olympique de Marseille (OM) Azzedine Ounahi , one of the revelations of the Qatar 2022 World Cup with Morocco, seems more than ever on the way out and could even leave during the summer transfer window.
The right-back of Bayern Munich, Noussair Mazraoui , expressed his desire to play in a different position within the Moroccan national football team.
Moroccan coach Badou Zaki disapproves of the scathing criticism leveled in recent weeks against the Moroccan national team coach, Walid Regragui.
After several months of absence, Imran Louza , who joined Lorient FC in January from Watford, wants to return to the national team. The Atlas Lion dreams of participating in the 2025 CAN and the 2026 World Cup with Morocco.
The Lionceaux of the Atlas (U-17) are preparing to take part in the North African Football Union (UNAF) tournament to be held from April 16 to 26 in Algeria.
While the Excelsior Rotterdam striker, Couhaib Driouech, is playing with the Atlas Lions, he is under pressure from the Dutch football federation to abandon Morocco, the country of his father, for the Netherlands.
Unwanted at Chelsea and in poor form at Galatasaray where he has been on loan since last August, Hakim Ziyech does not intend to continue his career at either of the two clubs after the end of his contract with the Blues in June 2025.