Revealed in recent weeks with FC Barcelona, Ez Abde, by his full name Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, has been the subject of multiple rumors since his first call with Morocco for CAN 2021 last week. While reports recently claimed that the Blaugrana would have waived to participate in the competition, the coach of the Atlas Lions, Vahid Halilhodzic, made things clear in an interview with the Serbian media SportClub.
« Ez Abde is an incredibly talented young player who will have a great career. He has never refused the national team, and I think it is Barcelona that is the problem because they do not respect the Africa Cup of Nations enough. The big European clubs and FIFA just don’t respect her enough. (…) I’m sure Abde will show up at the rally on January 3rd», Launched the Franco-Bosnian technician. “We are counting on him because we need a penetrating player like him. I think Barcelona will show wisdom and behave well.»
A message which should reassure the supporters… and put pressure on Barça!
