Ez Abde has chosen. The 20-year-old young forward has chosen to resign from the Moroccan team, which had called him up for the next Africa Cup, expressing, at the same time, his desire to play for Spain.
In this way, the Moroccan winger reinforces his commitment to Barcelona since he does not want to go to the Africa Cup this January, just now that he has appeared in the starting position with Xavi.
This has been communicated by the player himself, who possessed dual nationality, to the Moroccan federation through a letter in which he has expressed his desire to be eligible for the Spanish team. It is now, therefore, at the disposal of Luis de la Fuente, under-21 coach, or Luis Enrique, of the absolute.
He knows Abd, who has tested positive for coronavirus this Thursday with Coutinho and Dest, that January is full of challenges for Barça (return to the League, debut in the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup in Arabia against Madrid), so, in a decision laden with strategy, they have chosen to leave the national team of his country.
From Second B to First
It is a gesture that the Barça club appreciates and, above all, Xavi seeing the commitment you’ve shown Abde, whose sports career has been going fast, very fast, in the last four months.
He has gone from being in Second B to becoming a Barça starter, in addition to being able to choose between two teams: his native Morocco, which he left when he was seven years old on the way to Elche, or Spain, the country that welcomed his family.
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He played last season for Hercules. He was signed by the Barça club, executing his termination clause set at two million, to play this summer in the subsidiary and, suddenly, he is making a difference in the first team. He has played more with Barça (eight games) than with Barça B (seven), being a piece of enormous projection for Xavi, needed as he is in his tactical scheme of destabilizing extremes.
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