Ajax 'enter race' for Moroccan World Cup standout Azzedine Ounahi

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ounahi-azzedine/reDF5hxm/"]Ounahi[/a], 26, played another eye-catching World Cup with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a], providing a constant threat from midfield and scoring twice in the Atlas Lions' 3-0 round-of-16 win over Canada.[/p][p]According to Fabrizio Romano, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] are especially interested in Ounahi, who has a release clause worth €25 million in his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/girona/nNNpcUSL/"]Girona[/a] contract, which runs until 2030. Ajax, who are financially unable to pay the release clause, are negotiating a price with Girona, according to Romano.[/p][image alt="Azzedine Ounahi's recent statistics" id="5fd04b88-f307-437f-aeac-f05d1f0ef00f" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ad3f35b4-a5fc-484c-84d4-ec4ac22158a5" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Joining Ajax would see Ounahi reunite with former Girona manager Michel, who joined the Amsterdam giants in June. Ounahi would become the second former Girona player to join Ajax after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blind-daley/U5mPqlh6/"]Daley Blind[/a], who joined his former club on a free transfer earlier in July.[/p][p]Ounahi, a 55-time Moroccan international, joined Girona in the summer of 2025 after a two-year spell at Olympique Marseille, whom he joined after the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he helped Morocco become the first African nation to reach the semifinals in competition history.[/p][p]Ounahi played 25 games for Girona, scoring 5 goals and assisting 2 as the Catalan club couldn't avoid relegation from LaLiga.[/p][embed guid="13c629fe-1903-4b0b-b69b-661989743cd0" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2075999063363764425?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]