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The Moroccan could have gone to AS Rome but …

It is with Chelsea that Hakim Ziyech will play next season. Moroccan winger Ajax Amsterdam was recruited by the Blues against 40 million euros.

But instead of England, the Moroccan could have joined Italy. Indeed, Mehdi Benatia, former defender of AS Roma, worked for Ziyech to be recruited by the biggest club in the Italian capital. But in vain.

“I had tried to get him to come to Roma, and he would have run to join this club. I spoke to Francesco Totti and Edin Dzeko, telling them he’s the right man for them. As a symbol of the club, Francesco did all he could to secure the deal, but Pallotta (the then president) said it would be ‘an excessive expense’ and it didn’t successful “, Benatia told Sportweek.

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