Good and (very) bad news for Toulouse. The good news is that Zakaria Aboukhlal’s operation went well, as reported by the Coupe de France holding club. The bad news is the duration of its unavailability. Victim of an injury to his right knee during the draw against the Belgians Union Saint-Gilloise (1-1) in the Europa League, the 23-year-old Moroccan international (20 caps, 3 goals) had to miss in any case “several months” of competition. Finally, the person concerned will “probably” be unavailable until the end of the current season. A real blow when we know that Zakaria Aboukhlal has already scored three goals in six matches since the start of the 2023-24 campaign. Last season, he found the back of the net 15 times in 42 matches.
A native of Rotterdam, Zakaria Aboukhlal played through the youth teams of Willem II and PSV Eindhoven (2 matches with the first team) before taking off with AZ Alkmaar (90 matches, 12 goals), before signing to Toulouse FC in 2022 for €2 million.