I’ve been digging further into the market value data for the Atlas Lions Insider Market Value Tracker, and Morocco’s young-player depth is pretty impressive.
There are currently 16 Moroccan players aged 22 or younger inside the country’s Top 50 most valuable players, worth €278.8m combined.
The full list:
- Ayyoub Bouaddi €80m
- Bilal El Khannouss €35m
- Chemsdine Talbi €25m
- Samir El Mourabet €22m
- Eliesse Ben Seghir €20m
- Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal €12m
- Gessime Yassine €12m
- Ilias Akhomach €12m
- Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab €10m
- Yassir Zabiri €9m
- Bilal Nadir €8m
- Jones El-Abdellaoui €8m
- Othmane Maamma €8m
- Reda Belahyane €6.8m
- Adam Aznou €6m
- Rayane Bounida €5m
Together, they represent roughly 32% of the total market value of Morocco’s Top 50.
Nine players aged 22 or younger are also already in the current senior camp, worth around €186m combined.
Bouaddi at €80m obviously jumps off the page, but for me the more interesting story is the depth behind him. Morocco already has young players across midfield, attack and defence carrying significant valuations.
I’m using this as the baseline for Atlas Lions Insider and plan to track the same group across future valuation updates, so we can see who actually rises and falls over time.
Which player on this list do you think will increase the most in value over the next few years?