Never the strongest or most physically imposing player on the pitch, Azzedine Ounahi has nonetheless become one of the faces of the Atlas Lions. The breakout star of Morocco’s historic 2022 World Cup run, the Casablanca-born midfielder went from France’s third division to the World Cup semi-finals in just a few years, emerging as one of the defining symbols of the generation that transformed Moroccan football.
The news of Moroccan international Azzedine Ounahi's transfer to Atletico Madrid, following an agreement with Olympique de Marseille, has been circulating on social media, as reported by a journalist from the sports radio station «Radio Mars». A joke mistaken for a scoop.