Soufiane Bahassa: “The coach brings in his son who comes out of nowhere, who comes from Belgium where he played as an amateur. But it's his son, he plays in the same position as me and that's the start of the problems”

« Afterwards it went less well because Morocco is a bit complicated too. The coach brings in his son who comes out of nowhere, who comes from Belgium where he played as an amateur. But he's his son, he plays the same position as me and that's the start of the problems. At first I didn't see it as strange, but when he was qualified, his son was already starting to come home too quickly even though he had just arrived. I smelled potatoes. In all honesty, you arrive, you're young, you score in your very first match in a derby, normally everyone is happy and makes you feel comfortable. Second match I started on the bench and he brought me in for ten minutes at the end. The next match, his son joins the group, he starts. I played two more matches and never played again after that. I did the first six months, I trained, I was going to play with the reserves, but in Morocco, without denigrating the level it's not the same. There is a crazy gap between Ligue 1 and the amateur world there. It was very complicated, I last six months and in December I will see the coach and the management. I tell them that I want to leave and that we have to find a solution. We agree to find a loan and I go to Kénitra in the second division. The two clubs come to an agreement so I sign there. I've been doing the last six months and it's going very, very well. I play, I score, I feel good, I have fun. Then I have to return to Oujda so back to the problem. Basically, they don't want me anymore as I left on loan but I had one year of contract left. The coach is still there, his son too. He played for a year in Oujda and managed to get him transferred to Wydad, the biggest club in Morocco, in one season. It's crazy stuff. In all objectivity I was better than him but hey, that’s how it is, that’s football. In my head I no longer wanted to stay in Oujda, we had to find an agreement. I found an agreement for my end of contract, even if it was complicated. In the end I manage to get out of this quagmire and return to France. I had requests to stay but at that time I was disappointed and disgusted. I could return to Kenitra but financially it wasn't that way. »