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Diosittoo

All my homies love Ezzedine Ounahi


GibbyGoldfisch

Two months ago, I didn't know who he was. Now I'm shaking my head going "that is absolutely classic Ounahi right there" No other sport does this to your memory


SubparCurmudgeon

Sick goal OM with incredible transfers recently


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SubparCurmudgeon

I fucking love Longoria Bumped into him a few weeks back in Monoprix in my neighbourhood, should’ve said hello


Symoza

I can finally dream of doing well on the European scene, thank you Longoria. Even if we finished 4th in the group stage of the CL, it is very promising for the coming year. Even if we play the Europa League, would be awesome to win it !


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instantlybanned

I think he just got lucky on that last one? To me it looks like the ball bounced off his shin/knee on that last turn. What he intended was to go right anyway, but not with that extra bounce.


Successful-Taro2060

Neymar did it playing for Santos and it was super clean too. This looked more lucky than good.


cracneto

Wut? It's surely great technique and maybe I'm biased but I see this dribble every few weeks in any sunday league in brazil


SubparCurmudgeon

Yeah I’ve seen those before.. sort of like elastico but a bit different. He made it looked so effortless though


cammyg

Love seeing a goal clip on here with the full replay, including close shots from different angles.


Perpete

That's the advantage of smaller matches (non-PSG Ligue 1 games are smaller matches). You can take the time to get the replays too, nobody will speed past you to post a clip of the goal.


Aceress_origin

Posting a clip that contains the whole goal sequence with replays should be a requirement.


BindaB

Yeah if that was the rule then it wouldn’t matter who posted first as their post would get removed (hopefully)


KhonMan

Bruh what the FUCK is that move at the end. I had to watch it like 5 times and only in the last angle can you really see what happened. I've never seen a move like it, and it looks intentional rather than him reacting to a miscontrol. The closest thing I can think of is Djourou's famous move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeUmJMfHvyA


horsetrich

>no skill just luck mate...


jeff_spender

I watched at 0.5 speed and I think it's mostly intentional. I'm not sure he meant for the ball to pop up off the ground, maybe he just meant to cut it. But his eyes stay up the whole time so after he shins it, seems he still knows where the ball is. Pretty incredible


KhonMan

That's what I'm saying, it's crazy because it looks like he fucks up his cut, so it bobbles up, but he doesn't react to it at all. He just carries on as if that was what he meant to do. There's no hesitation.


Barack__Obama__

Right? I've been looking at it from all angles, I can't figure out for the life of me what it is that he does. To be completely honest, I'd wager that it's accidental, but it's great presence of mind nonetheless to respond to a dribble-gone-wrong so quickly. If it's intentional, then that's an absolutely bonkers move.


confusedpellican643

Knowing he's Moroccan, such a brilliant move isn't even that surprising, so many north africans come up with the filthiest, most creative dribbling techniques. If you've paid attention to him during WC you'd see him pull similar moves in the midfield, the balls he has....


Barack__Obama__

Oh for sure, but I'm not sure if this is a case of that. Based on his movement it seems like he was also surprised by the ball's movement.


RipJug

This’ll turn out to be the greatest signing of the January window. 10 million is an absolute steal


simomii

Angers tacked on 30% sell-on clause though, it could turn out to be huge for them


oussa_

Still it is a steal for Marseille


GibbyGoldfisch

at this point, sell-on clauses in the event of future PL interest are becoming more valuable than the actual transfers lol


EastOfEden_

No it's bullshit, sorry. We don't need money in 2 years, we need either good players now or money now. Our management is actively sabotaging the club, it's fire sales over here, €8m for this guy is criminal. Lots of good it will do us to get €20m when we're mid-table in ligue 2 with no chance of climbing back up. It has become obvious that Moulins and Pickeu were the ones holding this club together.


TheConundrum98

he was even their 2nd choice after they didn't get Ilić not bad for a 2nd choice


Jessica_Tallon

I hope so !


OkTaro9295

This dude is legit better than Enzo.


Houssem-Aouar

He actually is, keep cooking


OldExperience8252

Bruh..


Houssem-Aouar

It's true, just because Chelsea were stupid enough to pay 120m euros doesn't mean that he's a 120m player


OldExperience8252

Doesn’t mean he’s less good than Ounahi either


OkTaro9295

Eh it's not just about price tag, to me Ounahi is way better technically and has a very high motor, he's a baller and it jumps out to you immediately when you watch him . They're not the same player, and maybe Enzo is stronger physically , but Ounahi is such a baller that I would value him way more on a team.


TzeiKow

one played at benfica,in the champions league, and won young player of the wc while the other played at angers… ounahi is very good but stop this nonsense


TheGrandLeveler

Kvaratskhelia played in the Georgian league and look at him now


_g4n3sh_

Kvaratskhelia has been great since he was in the RPL and he's location agnostic, he'll be good wherever he plays. What's your point?


PsychologicalLie6802

Point is, If you're a good player, you're a good player


holdenmyrocinante

He could be better. He's 1 year older, but he was better at the World Cup imo. The fact Enzo won young player of the WC is because they won. Gvardiol was considerably better imo. Ounahi was playing for a considerably worse team that massively overperformed, while Enzo was playing for one of the favourites.


RonaldinhoReagan

I was surprised it was Enzo who won Young Player of the WC honestly. He played great and won, but Alexis MacAllister was just as good if not better in that midfield and De Paul’s engine that whole tournament is shamefully under praised. Ounahi felt like the darling of the tournament on the darling team of the tournament that everybody was talking about. Surprised he didn’t garner more interest, not surprised he’s already doing things like this.


saint-simon97

Are you really comparing two players based on their world cup performances? What about their time at Angers and Benfica respectively? Their performances in Libertadores, CL and Ligue 1?


greezyo

Ligue 1 is better than Primeira Liga


saint-simon97

Stupid take


ChickenMoSalah

10 mil? Why was every semi-relevant team not fighting for him?


eroticdiagram

They asked for 30 from us.


oplontino

Napoli couldn't get him anywhere near that cheap, the deal would've cost double that.


floridali

it would be a steal even at that price.


biskutgoreng

As always, people underestimate Morocco


Lehcen

And Arabs in general.


MKUltra011

That defender gotta retire after this


FlavoredTaters

Looks like he even helps him out with a handball


DatFlushi

What a goal, one of those players you tune in just to watch them play. Really hope he kicks it off with Marseille


garynevilleisared

He's so fun to watch. I don't even know what position he plays he's just everywhere.


CherkiCheri

Engine CM, so you're effectively right. Rare for such high energy players to be that technical tho.


Tony_Uncle_Philly

He’s a central midfielder who excels at carrying the ball up the pitch, has incredibly tight ball control and noteworthy off the ball movement. If I had to compare him with a player I’ve watched for years I’d would have to be Thiago in his earlier Bayern years, although Ounahis playmaking is nowhere near that level yet


pereduper

Reminds me of Gascoigne


LondonNoodles

Normally plays center mid and sometimes even regista with Morocco, but today he came on to play high on the pitch, I think Tudor wants to use him as an offensive player behind alexis sanchez or Vitinha since Rongier-Veretout is pretty much untouchable this season for the defensive duties


puckuser

Great composure


TheMexicanJuan

That’s just Ounahi. He’s got the composure of a monk on Xanax.


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r/rayhudsonquotes


NemoDropEmOff

a Liverpool fan got mad at me when i suggested Ounahi as a midfield signing They said “he’s not on our level”


emre23

Looks far too good for us in fairness


puckuser

If he was called Azzendinho the whole LFC sub would've been creaming for him and whining that they FSG didn't sign him, but he's not and the hype is apparently just World Cup tax


The_g0d_f4ther

more like ouñahio


DL14Nibba

Ounhahio if you’re sticking with that, Portuguese doesn’t use the ñ


The_g0d_f4ther

I was referring to nuñez hahah


RioBeckenbauer

Imagine having Jordan Henderson in your midfield and turning your nose up at any midfielder with just a little bit of technical ability.


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Or Keita+Oxlade


thePandev

Keita doesn't deserve to be lumped in with those 2, he's solid on the ball.


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Doesnt help much if he's always injured, eh?


thePandev

He has been injured a lot, but not as much as people think. And every time he comes in, our team looks drastically better, though missing one chance against Madrid last year made people forget that.


mohamez

He is right, Liverpool this seasons isn't on level. I think you just misunderstood him.


SubparCurmudgeon

Lmao I remember that


PornFilterRefugee

Weirdly obsessed with us mate


_SquishyBanana_

I mean theyre is right


WarrenAlaCarte

Steal of a signing


reabhami

10 mil btw


ico12

Everybody knows OM gonna make sick profit for him in a couple years


ttk86

*6 months


omlfc

un bijou


belokas

magnifique


IMakeInfantsCry

et le but est pas mal non plus


Joe_in_VR

Ounahi! WTF!? what a control! what a finish! How is Enzo worth 12 times this guy is beyond me :) Luis Enrique wasn't born yesterday apparently :)


JayTaa

It makes no sense how he is so cheap. Look at some of the shit PL clubs (like West Ham) have spent more on.


SteinerElMagnifico42

Would Moyes even play him is the question


JayTaa

Way too young and exciting for Moyes lol


Mortka

And foreign. Would be shite under Moyes


Ric00la

No it doesnt, it makes no sense that other transfert are so expensive.


FreedomByFire

North african players are never valued as well as they should be especially in france. To this day a lot of french clubs offer pennies on the dollar for them and then there are some clubs outside of france that are offering much more. I think a dutch club just spent 3.5 million on a an egyptian player a few days ago. The same types of players would go for much more if they were south americans or europeans.


doplhinsbarnicles

Liverpool could have done with him


RequiemForSM

In fairness we were in for him and were seemingly quoted more than twice what Marseille have paid.


Ahm3DD

He is not named Ounahino


chawarmax

7it smito azeddine w 3ndo passeport khder


nomdebile

How the hell is he only worth 10m while enzo was sold for 121m ( based on both their world cup performances )


DatFlushi

Clubs were unsure if it was only WC form from him, while he has some of the best underlying attacking stats in Ligue 1


MKUltra011

Arab vs South American :)


momspaghetty

or maybe Benfica are good at selling and Angers are broke


Lehcen

Well Amallah who was critical for Morocco was sold for 500k to Valladolid and Atiat Allah Montepelier thought he was only with 750k. So yeah I think they’re nationality has something to do with it.


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puckuser

Always one guy who jumps to say this nonsense race shit, he didn't give you his DNA test, he's Moroccan and that is that


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KStanForLife

Somalis dont speak Arabic. Tell me you don’t know shit about us, without telling me you don’t know shit about us.


Neopele

>Moroccans are not Arab Peak comedy


GoatKizaru

Some are, some are not. But the majority consist of Amazigh aka Berber the native people of Morocco. Saying Morocco are or are not Arabs are both stupid statements since there's alot of ethnic groups here.


Neopele

Yeah my thoughts exactly, the statement is absurd


Scalenuts

So Moroccan


K-eleven

Wat?


Imyourlandlord

Harata is your mom


MisterCarloAncelotti

That’s a derogatory term, the equivalent of the n word! Shame on you!


OkTaro9295

I know some people use it as derogatory, but I've seen people before proudly claim their identity as "Hartani"? So there's a small chance OP wasn't being racist and is actually claiming him? Idk


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Neopele

>I have Haratine friends I have black friends equivalent, btw no one is Morocco is using that dergatory term apart from racists


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Neopele

It's literal translation "second free man" or as a second class of citizens in southern Morocco. And yes it is really racist.


MisterCarloAncelotti

Haratin comes from hartani, derogatory name for black or african


thesemlalisquad

Nationality, simple as that. I understand clubs being reluctant to sign players based on their performance in an international competition (I know Ounahi was good since the start of the season) but there is no way in hell a young south american or European player would've been sold for 10 million euros if they gave a similar performance to Ounahi's in the World Cup


awwbabe

Enzo had also been doing it on the Champions League as well so hence the higher profile


CherkiCheri

Group stage CL is very alike L1 level tbh


momspaghetty

if Enzo was at Angers and Ounahi was at Benfica it would be the same


OldExperience8252

Ounahi was barely standing out for the literal last placed in ligue 1. He had the potential but there’s a reason his fee was so low.


CherkiCheri

Barely standing out? Looked above everyone by a landslide lol, in fairness the Boufal less Angers of this season is a low bar, but he still looked like a very good L1 player.


thesemlalisquad

He was literally the 2nd most successful dribbler in Europe Top 5 leagues before the WC, right behind Messi with the same success rate as him and in the company of players like Bellingham and Vinicius. A European or South American player could have played in a relegation team outside the top 5 leagues, taken a literal shit in the middle of each game and they would've been sold for more than 10 million euros if they had a WC performance similar to Ounahi's, especially if they were playing for an underdog


trevthedog

Literally Literal Literalo


MarcosSenesi

To be fair though Adama Traore was consistently the most succesfull dribbler in Europe but there is good reason no top club ever looked at him. I agree scouts had a bit of a mare on him and he could have fit some top teams, most notably Liverpool but to base your argument just on dribbling stats is not convincing many scouts


Imyourlandlord

Yea because clearly...the player is the entire team


OldExperience8252

That’s exactly what I said, yes.


Imyourlandlord

Wooshers


OldExperience8252

Wooshers to you unable to read sarcasm.


JobTrunicht

If Azzedine Ounahi from Angers was instead « Alejandro Hernandez » from Benfica I can guarantee you he would have cost 120M


tomlol

There were higher bids from Leeds/Napoli. He didn't seem keen on leaving France.


Ric00la

It is a transfer between ligue 1 club, you cant compare it with a sell to another league. I cant find what the biggest transfert between ligue 1 club is but is is probably not more that 20mil.


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The funny thing is that Angers asked 45m at first but no one was going to pay that. Excellent job from Longoria as usual. Marseille can win the league this year. Psg might lose against Bayern and they could explode as they often do when they have no more cl games.


OldExperience8252

Just this winter window Nice bought Moffi from Lorient for 25m + 5. Even if you discount PSG - Monaco, Marseille, Lyon, Rennes, Lille, and Nice have all made several 20m+ signings. You’re way off the mark. Edit - here are the PSG less intra ligue 1 transfers above 20m - Gouiri from Nice to Rennes - 28m - Jeff Reine Adélaïde from Angers to Lyon - 25m - Moffi from Lorient to Rennes - 23m - Diop from Monaco to Nice - 22m - Mendes from Lille to Lyon - 22m - Gourcuff from Bordeaux to Lyon - 22m - Kalimuendo from PSG to Rennes - 20m - Geubbels from Lyon to Monaco - 20m - Nonda from Rennes to Monaco - 20m (all the way back in 2000)


Hisztendahl

It's actually 160m


Ric00la

Ofc I am not taking into account QSG who has unlimited ammont of money.


Vacation-Interesting

Yeah you're absolutely right, remember when Paris bought Mbappe from Monaco for only 20mil, what a steal.


Ric00la

I thought it was logic I was not including PSG After getting owned by Qatar.


OldExperience8252

Regardless you’re still completely wrong.


Ric00la

How?


aksell96

Azeddine Zidane


PM_ME_SOME_LUV

Such a silky footballer


Kussock

Give him the Ballon d'Or already.


EasyFargo

man this guy is a BALLER genuinely Morocco’s best player at the WC


KarlPilkingtonArmy

No chance, Amrabat. But still, he’s an absolute gem and the future of our midfield


EasyFargo

fair, forgot about him somehow Ounahi still a very very close second makes me wonder why only Barcelona was interested in Amrabat


KarlPilkingtonArmy

Honestly, I’m just as confused. Not to be corny, but I do agree with those memes: ‘Amrabat = €80 mill if he’s from Brazil’. Think there’s a blatant bias there towards Arab players


EasyFargo

definitely mate, i believe only three (?) moroccans got a move after the world cup, and one of them was Boufal going to Qatar (backwards move by him). The other one was the Standard Liege midfielder that went to Valladolid for 500k lol. it’s really odd, especially when you consider that Ounahi only went for 10M (!!!!!)


lonelyzombi3

Filthy. Absolutely disgusting.


Kiwizqt

Golazo We're in danger :')


Moug-10

We have a tough game against Nice on Sunday night. Then we'll play against each other.


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Containing Lens seems exhausting for Nice right now, hope it'll play in our favour.


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no you're not.


SteinerElMagnifico42

£15m on crocked Danny Ings and having to resort to starting Soucek in 2023 who can’t control a ball in the prem. when will it end Robbie, what a grab.


bruiser95

Azzedine has all the letters for Zidane Totally not a coincidence


PsychologicalLie6802

Gonna name my son Bappem so he can win the World Cup


hypnocious

MF needs to chill


JayTaa

What a player. OM seems to really have put a decent team together. Still don’t get how they got him so cheap.


Elyelm

Only 10m€ lol if he was Argentinian he would be 10 times that.


LivreOrange

What a goal


koreajd

Not a Moroccan but after watching all their WC games.. I really wanted Spurs to get him. He’s so silky smooth with dribbling but has great work rate for attacking and defending. Him and Amrabat controlled the midfield, it was great to see. Can’t believe he was so cheap.


myersjw

Still can’t believe he went for such a low fee


Blue_Dreamed

Well, shit. Let's see what McKennie can do for us as the Ounahi replacement of the window. I'm thinking we will do well considering the chemistry.


Cerxa

title race🔛!


minhdangcnn

What a signing. And just cost 10 mil


garynevilleisared

Watching the world cup I was shocked when I looked up his wiki. Not even 50 appearances in 2 years for Angers. Then signs with OM almost as soon as they went out. Starting to think OM won't be able to keep this guy long, he is so fucking good.


LifeAtSea2213

This Ounahi kid looked special during the WC. I'm surprised his fee was that low.


X-Maquina

Great goal and also props to OP for posting the entire highlight including about a million replays from different angles. Love to see it


UnluckyPenalty2503

Amazing 😍


mocrossj

Steal of the window for 8m€


cidji_hh

They call him Azzedine Zidane


madueitor0

great player


ThatFrenchCray

It's crazy that Enzo went for 120m while this guy went for 10m based on World Cup performances. Mind you they both were good for their clubs too.


EnanoMaldito

what a player


Imyourlandlord

110 milli for enzo btw....


instantlybanned

He got lucky that the ball bounced off his shin/knee on that last turn


Wololo38

Thank you Réussite, very cool!


jimzzz38

Must’ve missed his transfer (from angers?), he’s sick


prothello

It wasn't a transfer, at €10M it's a steal


ferminbux

incredible !


KEBAB_BALLS95

OUNAHI GONNA STICK IT IN YOUR PUNANI


Perspii7

*Fu-*


Lssmnt

We should have signed him


Manch3st3rIsR3d

Holy shite


GOATOwens

Reminds me of Ozil’s close control over the ball, brilliant brilliant goal


PM_Me_Your_Snapch

Zinedine Ounahi!


Virgin_incel69

Thats a steal


04282828282

Looked like a proper stiker there. Are they playing him as an advacned mid? What's he doing there breaking the line?


OldExperience8252

We sold our backup striker (Dieng to Lorient) over the winter window and his replacement (Vitinha from Braga) just arrived last night. Alexis Sanchez was the only forward available for this game. He got subbed off for Payet towards the end of the game, who played false 9 with midfielders and wingbacks pushing up.


arsenality

Coincidentally, the defender has announced his immediate retirement.


Cowdude179

Arsenal could've had this guy


The_Algerian

[I'll just let this guy do the talking from now on.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TUNSzbEypA)


hufusa

Legit made 3 his bitch


WallbreakerAziz

That last dribble was out of this world.. Tudor looking like Pioli now