According to the Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”<\/a>, Barcelona are weighing up every scenario. The club keep a list of players earmarked for various positions in case of an emergency.\n<\/p>\nDe Jong’s injury, which could keep him off the pitch for several months, may push Barcelona towards a low-cost deal at the Spotify Camp Nou to plug the gap in midfield.\n<\/p>\n
Casad\u00f3’s possible exit this window would only sharpen that need.\n<\/p>\n
That is where Ounahi, 26, enters the frame.\n<\/p>\n
The Catalan club are studying a move for the Moroccan midfielder, and the timing works in their favour. Girona’s relegation means he could leave for around 10 million euros, a fee Barcelona can comfortably absorb, especially if they sell Casad\u00f3 for 40 million euros.\n<\/p>\n
Barcelona’s management will have to fend off strong competition. Real Betis have shown decisive interest and stand ready to pay a hefty sum to seal the deal.\n<\/p>\n
The former Olympique Marseille man wants his future sorted quickly, which makes next week decisive in shaping his next destination.\n<\/p>\n
His name first surfaced at the Catalan club in late 2022 and early 2023, on the back of his outstanding displays for Morocco at the World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco’s Azzedine Ounahi is back on Barcelona’s radar. Frenkie de Jong could be sidelined for several months through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[25954,92,84,85,2264,1139,265,369],"class_list":["post-64743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-a-ounahi","tag-barcelona","tag-girona","tag-laliga","tag-morocco","tag-real-betis","tag-transfers","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64743","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=64743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}