Algerian player Adel Aouchich, Khalifa Bin Nasser, has been living in a complicated situation with the English club Sunderland since the beginning of the current season, as he has become outside the first team’s technical accounts, and he rarely plays with the reserve team, at a time when he was looking forward to a better season after settling in to represent the Algerian national team.
Last August, Aouchiche (22 years old) received the green light from FIFA to represent the Algerian national team, after he completed all the procedures for changing his sporting nationality, and the Algerian Football Federation sent his file to FIFA, to join the list of talents concerned with supporting “The greens“In the future.
The midfielder, who Algerian fans liken to Ismail Bennacer, the Italian Milan midfielder, is included in the expanded roster of the Algerian national team, as was the case during the camp last September, but Vladimir Petkovic did not invite him to the final roster.
Khalifa bin Nasser (22 years old) joined Sunderland in September 2023, with a five-year contract, but he had an unsuccessful start with the English club that exposed him to harsh media and public criticism, before he succeeded in returning strongly during the last rounds of last season, which accelerated By changing his position within the team and management’s plans regarding him.
The talented midfielder participated in 30 matches in various competitions last season with Sunderland, during which he scored 3 goals and provided two assists. Many followers liken Adel Aouchich to Milan star Ismail Bennacer, although he tends more to play in an advanced position in the midfield, unlike Bennacer. Who is good at playing both defensive and offensive roles.
Aouchish Khalifa bin Nasser is in trouble because of Billingham’s brother and a French coach
Since the beginning of the current season, Aouchich has only participated in the English Premier League “Championship” in one match, which was in the second round and for a period that did not exceed 12 minutes only, before the graduate of the French club Paris Saint-Germain’s academy subsequently missed all of Sunderland’s matches, which affected… Very much in his spirits.
English media reports attributed the primary source of the Algerian player’s problems with the “Black Cats” to his relationship with the French coach, Regis Lepre, his former coach at the French club Lorient, who, in agreement with the club, placed him on the departure list last summer, but the lack of serious offers for the Algerian player put him in front of… A fait accompli, at a time when the two men do not have a good relationship.
Khalifa bin Nasser was forced to stay with Sunderland after coach Lepre promised to give him the opportunity to compete for a place within the team, but things did not go as he had hoped for the Algerian star, who did not get his chance until now, just as it happened to him with the same coach when he was a player in Lorient before. Two seasons.
Coach Lebri said at the time that Aouchiche “needs a lot of work to develop himself and reach the requirements of a complete player, especially in his position as a playmaker or attacking midfielder.” The former PSG star participated on very few occasions with Lebri in Lorient, before leaving for about Sunderland, but the French coach followed him to England after only one year.
Among the other reasons highlighted by the English media for Aouchich not participating in Sunderland’s matches is the brilliance of the brother of the Spanish Real Madrid star. Jude BellinghamThe rising star, Joby Bellingham (19 years old), who started all of Sunderland’s matches in the “Championship” and is classified by followers as the best player on the team, noting that he plays in the same position as Aouchich.
Many observers believe that Aouchish Khalifa Ben Nasser is required to leave Sunderland during the next winter Mercato, if he wants to revive his football career and aspire to obtain a place in the Algerian national team, especially since his stay with the “Black Cats” will not serve him well in the presence of coach Lepre and Bellingham’s brother.
