Al-Ittihad Pursues Hakim Ziyech Amid Wydad Crisis

Hakim Ziyech’s future has been thrown wide open, and Al-Ittihad are trying to strike while the chaos swirls around him and Wydad.

The Libyan club have put a substantial financial package on the table, according to “Africa Foot”, and are pushing to close a deal quickly. The message is clear: they are ready to pay and ready to move.

Nothing is agreed. Not yet.

Behind the scenes, Ziyech’s contractual dispute with Wydad drags on, with talks failing to bridge the growing gap between player and club. What started as tension has turned into a full-blown stand-off, wrapped in financial, sporting and disciplinary disagreements.

Several meetings have come and gone without progress. Positions have hardened instead of softening.

Then came the breaking point.

Ziyech went public, using social media to accuse Wydad president Ibrahim El Assri of lying. The fallout from that post has only deepened the rift and pushed the saga into a more volatile, more public phase.

Wydad, keen to stop the crisis from swallowing their season, want to close the chapter and move on. Ziyech is not ready to walk away quietly. He is holding firm for what he believes he is owed and, according to the same source, is prepared to take the case to FIFA if no settlement is reached.

So the situation sits on a knife edge.

A major offer from Al-Ittihad on one side, an unresolved dispute with Wydad on the other, and a player who may soon be fighting his club not just on the pitch, but in the corridors of football’s governing body.