{"id":65655,"date":"2026-08-04T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/65655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:44:11","slug":"a-new-competitor-for-barcelona-in-the-ounahi-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/65655\/","title":{"rendered":"A new competitor for Barcelona in the Ounahi deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of Azzedine Ounahi is fast becoming one of the standout stories of the transfer market, with a growing scrum of clubs chasing the Moroccan midfielder.\n<\/p>\n

Ounahi looks set to leave Girona after the Catalan side’s relegation, with a host of Spanish clubs circling, Barcelona among them. Sealing the deal, though, won’t be straightforward for the Catalans should they decide to make their move.\n<\/p>\n

According to the Spanish newspaper “Sport”<\/a>, Barcelona have hit the market hunting for a solution to Frenkie de Jong’s injury, which will keep him out for a period ranging between three and four months. Ounahi is one of the options on their list, fresh off a strong World Cup and a fine season with Girona.\n<\/p>\n

His experience in the Spanish league and his versatility have caught other eyes too. Rival clubs won’t hesitate to make a run at him despite a price nudging 25 million euros.\n<\/p>\n

Transfer specialist Ekrem Konur reports that Real Betis are lining up a serious bid. The hierarchy at the Benito Villamarin view Ounahi as ideal for a side crying out for more creativity in the final third, a player who can knit attacks together and threaten near the opponent’s box.\n<\/p>\n

“Sport” have flagged a third contender in the race. Deportivo La Coruna are dreaming of an Ounahi deal that now looks all but impossible.\n<\/p>\n

Having solved their left-back problem by signing Angelino, La Coruna’s priority is a central defender. Even so, the sporting management haven’t ruled out bringing in a different attacking option, and on paper Ounahi fits that role to a tee.\n<\/p>\n

Celta Vigo showed interest in the early weeks of the summer, as did Ajax under Michel. His World Cup displays complicated any progress, sending his market value soaring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of Azzedine Ounahi is fast becoming one of the standout stories of the transfer market, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[25954,92,26306,2264,1139,265,369],"class_list":["post-65655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-a-ounahi","tag-barcelona","tag-deportivo-de-a-coruna","tag-morocco","tag-real-betis","tag-transfers","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65655","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=65655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}