{"id":61376,"date":"2026-07-27T08:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61376\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:43:19","slug":"is-real-madrid-having-regrets-ajax-draw-up-a-decisive-plan-for-moroccos-shining-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61376\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Real Madrid having regrets? Ajax draw up a decisive plan for Morocco&#8217;s shining star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco&#8217;s Abdellah Ouazane is just 17, yet he has lit up pre-season with Ajax Amsterdam. His coach now sees him as a key first-team player for the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Moroccan midfielder scored the winner in the Dutch side&#8217;s latest match (2\/1), earning praise from coach Michel. &#8220;His performance was excellent. He needs to keep developing, but I saw that he is a player capable of helping us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacking midfielder keeps developing at pace. He came close to joining Real Madrid last year, but the club eventually pulled out and Ouazane renewed his contract until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;Returning to Ajax was the best choice for me. I&#8217;m extremely happy,&#8221; the player said.<\/p>\n<p>Captain of Morocco&#8217;s youth teams, Ouazane made his first Ajax first-team appearance last season in the Dutch Cup. He ranked among the reserve team&#8217;s most-used players under coach Michel during pre-season (227 minutes), and his form has been striking. In the Conference League qualifying tie against Vojvodina, he came on in the 72nd minute and scored the goal that sealed a 1-4 win.<\/p>\n<p>Ouazane turns 18 on 15 January. Sporting director Jordi Cruyff plans to hand him a new contract on the very same day, according to the newspaper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/2026\/07\/27\/michel-potencia-futuro-10-marruecos-todos-dicen-talento-quiero-demostrarlo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" target=\"_blank\">De Telegraaf<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Against Burnley, he lined up in midfield alongside Jeneiro Johnson (19) and Mokio (18) in the number 10 shirt. In the 67th minute, he pounced on a Kohnado attack to score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone says I&#8217;m talented, but now I want to prove it and become a real player in this sport,&#8221; the Moroccan said afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid is now in the past for Ouazane. His focus rests entirely on his future with Ajax.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m young, patient, and I have to work hard. Left, left, right, 10, 8, 6. I don&#8217;t care which position,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to focus on playing in matches and being patient&#8230; I&#8217;m only 17 years old, and I have my own goals and ambitions,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco&#8217;s Abdellah Ouazane is just 17, yet he has lit up pre-season with Ajax Amsterdam. His coach now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24662,6425,24663,85,82,83,265],"class_list":["post-61376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-a-ouazane","tag-ajax","tag-eredivisie","tag-laliga","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}