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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.

By Betty de G.
Morocco's Yassine Bounou Eyes Move to Argentina's River Plate

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