SALE: Tarik El Khazri travels across Morocco to scout promising players for the Mohammed VI Football Academy — a breeding ground of young talent eyeing the 2030 World Cup co-hosted by the kingdom.
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Spread across more than 17 hectares, the academy founded in Sale in 2010 features a dozen pitches, gyms and a swimming pool, as well as classrooms for the young players.
This year, it welcomed some 121 boys aged 12 to 18 from various cities, rural areas and the disputed territory of Western Sahara — seeking to elevate Moroccan football after its Under-20s won the World Cup last month in Chile.
It marked the first time the tournament was won by an Arab country, and just the second triumph by an African nation after Ghana in 2009.
