‘GOLDEN BOY’ MAGHNES AKLIOUCHE KNOCKING ON DIDIER DESCHAMPS’ DOOR
Photo credit: AS Monaco https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/feature-golden-boy-maghnes-akliouche-knocking-on-didier-deschamps-door/ There is the ability to show moments of technical brilliance but being able to do so repeatedly is what separates the good from the great. Maghnes Akliouche (22), for a while, fell into the former category. Get French Football News, November 24, 2024 The talent was so clearly there, as he showed on a cold Coupe de France night in February 2022. In his first professional start, he latched onto a ball in behind, turned one defender, brushed off another, before putting the ball on a plate for Kevin Volland, who easily converted. It was the moment that Akliouche announced himself but it was a moment that, over the course of the 18 months that followed, he struggled to replicate. Faced with competition for a place from the likes of Takumi Minamino, Krépin Diatta, and the now-departed Gelson Martins, Akliouche failed to hold down a place in the line-up, d...