Morocco international defender Abdelmounaim Boutouil believes his move to Mamelodi Sundowns will see him back in the national team again.
Morocco is currently one of the fastest-improving nations in world football and accelerating its development and infrastructure more than any other nation on the continent.
Naturally, a host of quality footballers, domestically and internationally are now being developed for the national team but that doesn’t deter the confidence of the centre-back who won the 2020 Africa Nations Championship with his country in Cameroon.
Boutouil believes he has the capabilities to contribute to this chapter after joining the Masandawana family – who holds major ambitions of their own for the 2022/23 season.
“I do believe I will have a lot of opportunities to play for Morocco in the future because I joined a great team in Africa which is competing for all the titles, and has won many trophies. I hope to bring Sundowns more success and be crowned with a few titles,” he said in an interview with Sundowns Magazine.
The Atlas Lions look poised to qualify out of Group F, one that was dubbed the Group of Death alongside the second-ranked nation in the world Belgium, the 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia, and the 2026 World Cup hosts Canada.
And before the tournament even kicked off, AB suggested they would surpass their golden generation of 1986 who reached the last-16 of the global showpiece.
“I have full confidence in this group,” he said. “The players will represent Morocco to the best of their abilities and I have faith they will reach the farthest point.
“Why not win the World Cup, and in my opinion, the strongest group is where Morocco finds itself.”
