Even if France win the World Cup, letting Ayyoub Bouaddi choose Morocco will be something they’ll regret for years. After coming through every French youth team, the 18yo midfielder switched to Morocco just weeks before the tournament. Now he's one of the breakout stars of the World Cup. Against Brazil, Bouaddi schooled Casemiro and Bruno Guimarães, completing more passes and winning more duels. He’s also the youngest player in Lille's history to reach 50 Ligue 1 appearances. And he's just as good off the pitch. Bouaddi graduated high school with honors at 16, won a public speaking competition, and is studying mathematics because he believes it helps him being sharper on the pitch. With Real Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool and PSG all interested, he could be one of the biggest transfer of the summer. #soccer #football #WorldCup #Morocco #France
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He literally chose to represent Morocco over France. It was his decision! Morocco is literally his country, his origin, his roots, his culture lol.
This is your mom's friend son that she always compares you too 😂
He made a choice to play for Morocco! 🇲🇦 Don’t make it sound like France didn’t want him…
Dude, he was captain for the french U21 team this year, he was on the radar of the FFF even Zidane called him, but he choose Morocco because he wanted to join them, is not a mistake when the player choose with his heart, is not like Olise in England, when every scouts don't even consider his potential.
This talent can’t go unnoticed this window, trust me
Lamine that, Doue that, Bouaddi has shined at this World Cup.
He was determined to go with Morocco, look up his picture in 2018 WC when he was a kid, with a Moroccan jersey
They let him slip away because he was too young to get called up and plus he had no recognition like others young stars did. Brazil did the same thing with Neymar when they thought he was too young for the World cup in 2010. And since he knew he was not getting a call up to the France national team he switched to Morocco.
France won’t regret anything, they have queues of talent across the park
He was always subtle but clear about the fact that he was going to play for Morocco since he was 16…
The cousin your mom wants you to be more like:
There are 70+ players who have been developed by the French Football clubs in this WC… who don’t play for France. 13 of them play for Marocco. France could only bring 26… you kick a rock in many French clubs and you’ll find two or three future professional players underneath.
He is Moroccan from the starter with both of his parents are Moroccan. He made the right choice.
Then my team decided to spend 120M on Anderson... While there's better players who are cheaper.
He has played 27 times for France’s youth teams, including 10 times for the under 21s (he is currently only 18). France knew about him and nurtured him. But it looked like bouaddi wanted to play for Morocco or at least play in this World Cup.
As an algerian, I always marvel at morrocan people academic achievements allahumma barik.
That's lowk what I wanna do, study maths and play football
There is no mistake, he decided to play for Morocco. Nobody can go against his choice. And he's only 18, not the first wonderkid nor the last
Bro saved himself from generational racism, respect
Bouaddi, Kroupi, Truffert and Le Fée deserved to go to the World Cup, really shows you the cluster of talent France has