{"id":501198,"date":"2026-08-01T14:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/barcelona-revives-interest-in-ounahi-to-compensate-for-de-jongs-absence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:45:23","slug":"barcelona-revives-interest-in-ounahi-to-compensate-for-de-jongs-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/barcelona-revives-interest-in-ounahi-to-compensate-for-de-jongs-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona revives interest in Ounahi to compensate for De Jong&#8217;s absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The name of Azzedine Ounahi is resurfacing at FC Barcelona. According to information revealed by the Spanish show <em>El Chiringuito<\/em>, the Catalan club is considering the possibility of signing the Moroccan international midfielder to compensate for the long absence of Frenkie de Jong, who is suffering from a knee injury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Bar\u00e7a has shown interest in Ounahi. He was already noticed after his brilliant performance at the 2022 World Cup with the Atlas Lions, and the midfielder had been on the radar of the Blaugrana without a transfer materializing. Now a player for Girona, the Moroccan continues to impress with his technical quality, vision of the game, and ability to break lines, qualities that match the profile sought by the Catalan management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The injury to Frenkie de Jong forces FC Barcelona to explore several solutions to strengthen their midfield before the start of the season. While other options are also being considered, Ounahi&#8217;s name is among the seriously contemplated possibilities, although no official offer or advanced negotiations have been confirmed at this stage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Azzedine Ounahi, any potential interest from Bar\u00e7a would represent a further acknowledgment of his progress. At 26 years old, the Atlas Lion remains one of the most valued Moroccan midfielders in Europe and could see his future accelerate in the coming weeks if the Catalan club decides to take action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name of Azzedine Ounahi is resurfacing at FC Barcelona. According to information revealed by the Spanish show El Chiringuito, the Catalan club is considering the possibility of signing the Moroccan international midfielder to compensate for the long absence of Frenkie de Jong, who is suffering from a knee injury.&nbsp; This is not the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":501196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[31560,1357],"maw_player":[],"class_list":["post-501198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-transfers","tag-azzedine-ounahi-en","tag-la-liga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501200,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501198\/revisions\/501200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501198"},{"taxonomy":"maw_player","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/maw_player?post=501198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}