{"id":505308,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/regragui-praises-saibari-he-would-have-thrived-at-psg-or-barca\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:15:15","slug":"regragui-praises-saibari-he-would-have-thrived-at-psg-or-barca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/regragui-praises-saibari-he-would-have-thrived-at-psg-or-barca\/","title":{"rendered":"Regragui praises Saibari: &#8220;He would have thrived at PSG or Bar\u00e7a&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walid Regragui has been particularly complimentary about Ismael Saibari. In an interview with <em>L\u2019\u00c9quipe<\/em>, the former coach of the Atlas Lions emphasized the Moroccan international&#8217;s game intelligence and versatility.<\/p>\n<p>Regragui explained that he particularly enjoyed highlighting Saibari&#8217;s movements, pressing, and teamwork during video sessions. He describes the Moroccan midfielder as a player with a &#8220;high football IQ,&#8221; capable of always finding the right spaces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saibari would have thrived at Paris SG or Bar\u00e7a,&#8221; Regragui believes, convinced that his qualities perfectly match teams that prioritize positional play and ball control.<\/p>\n<p>The former coach also appreciates his versatility. Used as a number 8, Saibari could also play on the right side, where Achraf Hakimi&#8217;s overlaps allowed him to cut inside &#8220;like a number 10.&#8221; Regragui also highlights his ability to play on the left and describes him as a &#8220;patient and clinical&#8221; player.<\/p>\n<p>These remarks illustrate the importance Saibari has gained over the years with the Atlas Lions and the trust Regragui placed in him within his setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walid Regragui has been particularly complimentary about Ismael Saibari. In an interview with L\u2019\u00c9quipe, the former coach of the Atlas Lions emphasized the Moroccan international&#8217;s game intelligence and versatility. Regragui explained that he particularly enjoyed highlighting Saibari&#8217;s movements, pressing, and teamwork during video sessions. He describes the Moroccan midfielder as a player with a &#8220;high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":505306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[96,1405],"maw_player":[],"class_list":["post-505308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-equipe-a","tag-hoalid-regragui","tag-ismael-saibari"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505308","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=505308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505310,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505308\/revisions\/505310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505308"},{"taxonomy":"maw_player","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/maw_player?post=505308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}