Brighton eyes Moroccan player Boukhlal after an impressive season

Brighton eyes Moroccan player Boukhlal after an impressive season
AFP
Tuesday 20 June 2023 - 21:50

The Brighton football club is thinking about taking action to add Zakaria Boukhlal, a Moroccan international player, to its squad after being impressed by his performance this year.

According to The Daily Mail UK, Brighton is considering whether to sign the player now that he is about to leave his current French club, FC Toulouse, as a result of increased interest sparked by the player’s impressive goals this season.

The Ligue 1 player drew massive attention to him after his remarkable Qatar World Cup run alongside the Atlas Lions.

Prior to playing for the Moroccan national team, the player, born of a Libyan Father and Moroccan mother, refused to play alongside the Libyan National team.

Not long ago, Aboukhlal underwent discriminatory allegations, under suspicions that he had an altercation with the deputy mayor of Toulouse, Laurence Arribagé.

The French club later confirmed that the Moroccan player was not guilty, after conducting an internal investigation. 

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