Azzedine Ounahi

Leicester City are reportedly interested in signing midfielder Azzedine Ounahi - here's the lowdown on Morocco's World Cup star.

It seems Ounahi will not be sticking around the Loire Valley for much longer, despite having a contract until 2026. [comment](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-ounahi-mourinho-barcelona-7927847#comments-wrapper)! He manages to dance his way between players with ease, pirouetting through a crowd a bodies as if they weren't even there. His workrate is phenomenal and his stamina seemingly never ending. When Portugal were eliminated following a 1-0 win for Morocco, José Mourinho was next up to shower him with praise. [Leicester are 'expected' to lodge an offer in the region of £40million](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-expected-make-39m-7927666) for the breakout star of the World Cup - but who knows what his price tag will be if Morocco manage to do the impossible. "Madre Mía," he exclaimed following the game. Ounahi is not just some showboaty dribbler, though. They have been the giant killers of 2022, knocking Belgium, Spain and Portugal off their respective perches and now they're lining up world champions France on Wednesday evening. Now he's said to be attracting interest not just from the He surprised me." [Leicester City 'expected' to make £39m bid for World Cup star wanted by Barcelona](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-expected-make-39m-7927666)

Spain's sport press have linked the 22-year-old midfielder to Barcelona and his French club Angers say they are resigned to losing him after standout ...

"You have some players at small clubs - I don't like using that term - so this is a good event to show their quality," he said. But we accept that, because we are a club that is a springboard, which unearths players," Angers president Said Chabane told French radio on Tuesday. Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against France will mark his 16th game for Morocco this year, as he takes firm command of the midfield.

Azzedine Ounahi, who plays for Angers and the Morocco national team, has become one of the most important players at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

You know very well that you can never stop a player who wants to leave," said Chabane, Angers' chief, a few days ago. The two share a club, Angers, and their president, Saïd Chabane, spoke of a future sale of both in January or in the next summer transfer window. [Barça have targeted him.](https://www.besoccer.com/new/barca-to-approach-ounahi-morocco-s-8-who-amazed-luis-enrique-1211519) However, according to 'L'Equipe', Leicester City are the team most willing to go all out for the African midfielder.

The impressive performance and skills of Moroccan football player Azzedine Ounahi at the ongoing Qatar World Cup have caught the eyes of football fans ...

Every contribution, however big or small, is valuable for our mission and readers. He surprised me. La Roja’s loss prompted Spain’s Royal football federation to sack Enrique and appoint a new head coach for the team. He excelled at his game. “I was pleasantly surprised by the number 8. Ounahi has emerged as one of Morocco’s key players in their stunning journey in Qatar.

In the case of Ounahi, Barcelona are reportedly at least thinking about signing him. His former coach Frédéric Reculeau says that Barcelona would be the ideal ...

His game is adapted to the Spanish division. In the case of Ounahi, Barcelona are reportedly at least thinking about signing him. As it happens with most World Cup breakout players, the European giants swarm and gain interest.

Leicester City will have learned from a past mistake if they do persist with a rumoured £39 million bid for Morocco midfielder Azzedine Ounahi.

[City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) do sign the 22-year-old, he will have been scouted for at least two years by a number of different scouts, both on video and in person. It was reported at the time that City never sent a scout to watch him live. He joined Legia Warsaw back in his homeland and has scored just one in 16 appearances this season. Leicester signed him after that tournament for £7.5m from KS Cracovia, on the insistence of Claudio Ranieri. They will most certainly not be signing a player off the back of one tournament. But one good tournament does not necessarily make a good, well-rounded, adaptable player and person.