At only 17 years old, the new phenomenon from Lille, Ayoub Bouaddi, is the subject of a real battle between the Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and its French counterpart (FFF) concerning his choice of sporting nationality.
While he has just celebrated his first two capes with the team of France Hopes, the LOSC midfielder, lined up 13 times this season in all competitions, has not drawn a line against Morocco. Far from it! This Monday, the media Hespress reveals that the FRMF has managed to make progress in this matter by obtaining a Moroccan national identity card for the young talent.
The FRMF initiated the Bouaddi case
The next step will be to create a passport Moroccan for Bouaddi. Except that there is a catch… According to the same source, the FFF initiated the counterattack through its national technical direction (DTN) and would put significant pressure on the Lille player with the objective of making him choose the Blues. Pressure would also be exerted on his club LOSC.
Barely out of adolescence, Bouaddi already finds himself faced with a tough choice. At the moment, the Lille gem seems especially focused on his future at the club and determined to win. While waiting to make his final choice of selection, it is not excluded to see him continue with the selections of young tricolors. Until the moment when it will be necessary to choose a selection in A. For the moment, Morocco seems to still have a card to play but will have to be wary of the insistence of the FFF.
The previous Adil Rami
Recently, a player like Adil Rami recalled that he had wanted to play for Morocco but that the pressure exerted by his then coach at Lille, Claude Puel, had finally pushed him towards the Blues. Fifteen years later, however, things have changed and the Atlas Lions are today very attractive and capable of competing with the best selections in the world. Completing the arrival of Bouaddi under the nose of the Blues would be further proof of this.
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