Morocco gives Brahim the chance Spain denies him
Walid Regragui has called Brahim for the friendly matches against Angola, on the 23rd, and Mauritania. Morocco's move is perfect and makes a fool of the RFEF, which has never moved to attract the talented Real Madrid player.
As we already told in Atalayar, Brahim chose Morocco months ago, but in the end he did not play in the Africa Cup of Nations as a gesture of respect to the white team because the call-up would have made him miss several league matches.
Sufiel Abdelkader Mohand is Brahim's father, a Melilla native of Moroccan origins who has worked as a scout for Pep Guardiola's brother's company.
It is from this part of the world that the white midfielder got his passion for football, which he now wants to give back to his other country, because he was born in Malaga, by choosing the Moroccan shirt for his international career.
Morocco's opportunism in the face of chaos at the RFEF
The chaos in which the RFEF lives after the resounding departure of Luis Rubiales, with an acting president who wants to be elected in a few months and no fixed direction in the face of the World Cup that will share with Morocco and Portugal, has led to this failure in the case of Brahim.
The option remains for De la Fuente to put the player in a compromise and end up calling him up for Spain's upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Brazil, an ugly and disrespectful gesture that would put Brahim in the position of having to choose the country he will defend for the rest of his sporting life
Regragui was able to win over the Madrid player and the official appointment was the icing on the cake for a project that was badly damaged after the last elimination in the CAF last January. With the Moroccan in midfield, the Atlas Lions can form a top level team with Bono in goal, Achraf in defence, Brahim in midfield and En-Nesyri up front.
The RFEF spoke of the collapse of players with Brahim's profile, but with injuries to Gavi, Pedri and the incomprehensible lack of Isco in the call-ups, it is hard to explain why De la Fuente has not forced Brahim's three international caps to make him a Spanish player for life.
Now it will be Morocco who will put on the pitch a player that Regragui already loved after his time in Milan and who has not hidden when it comes to having him on the radar every international window to know his interests.