African powerhouse Morocco will hope they do not regret recalling Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech from self-imposed exile for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Ziyech is a sublimely skilled footballer. Just ask Ajax Amsterdam, for whom his superb form in 2018-19 was crucial in one the best seasons for the Dutch giants in decades as they reached the Uefa Champions League semifinals for the first time since 1996-97. Ajax’s famed academy had battled to maintain the club’s continental competitiveness as budgets of clubs from Europe’s top four league’s swelled through the 2000s...

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