Morocco World Cup Squad

[Dave]

Before I reveal it, I have to say Herve Renard is a man after my heart. What a sexy man.

[Dave]

Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Numancia, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger);

Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Juventus, Italy), Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Manuel Da Costa (Basaksehir, Turkey), Badr Benoun (Raja Casablanca), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid, Spain), Hamza Mendyl (Lille, France);

Midfielders: M'bark Boussoufa (Al Jazira, UAE), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen, France), Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Faycal Fajr (Getafe, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke, Germany);

Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Malatyaspor, Turkey), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli, Germany), Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance Berkane), Nordin Amrabat (Leganes, Spain), Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liege, Belgium), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax, Netherlands).

[Azeem]

A 23 man squad so early shows Herve got his boys ready

[Azeem]

Renard said that he won't select players who choose to play in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar... because he questions their motivation as moroccan players go there just for the paycheck.

He made one exception with Boussoufa who plays for Al Jazira.

[Dave]

On 18/05/2018 at 09:47, Devon Von Devon said:

A 23 man squad so early shows Herve got his boys ready

I didn't realise he's the guy that used to manage Cambridge United. What a man he has become.

[Guest]

On 18/5/2018 at 03:50, Devon Von Devon said:

Renard said that he won't select players who choose to play in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar... because he questions their motivation as moroccan players go there just for the paycheck.

He made one exception with Boussoufa who plays for Al Jazira.

Ricardo Gareca also has the same philosophy. As does Jose Pekerman. Jefferson Farfan was frozen out of the national team for some time because he was injured 90% of his time at Al-Jazira. Fredy Guarin had a similar case in China.

Makes me wonder why Brazil and Argentina insist with profile. Lavezzi was in China and shouldn't have been called up anymore yet he was. Same with Renato Augusto and Paulinho for Brazil.

Mascherano is the next example.