Officially, Sofyan Amrabat went to the OTF stadium.

Manchester United’s latest midfield addition, Sofyan Amrabat, was forced to withdraw from the Atlas Lions squad due to injury, thus he will not feature in Morocco’s September international fixtures.

On deadline day, head coach Walid Regragui called up Yahya Jabrane to take the place of our number four, who will return to work at Carrington after signing on a season-long loan from Fiorentina.

Amrabat was reunited with Erik ten Hag, his coach at Utrecht from 2015 to 2017 when he was unveiled as a Red this week.

Despite having already guaranteed their position in the competition in January, Morocco’s final Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match is this Saturday against Liberia. Morocco is in the 2022 World Cup semifinals.

A draw in Agadir would allow South Africa to win Group K and guarantee their spot in the championship match.

Then, Morocco is set to play a friendly encounter against Burkina Faso, another African country, on Tuesday in the French city of Lens.

This month, Amrabat was supposed to earn his 50th cap after establishing himself as a key member of the African squad.

The 2017 World Cup debutant, who formerly played for Feyenoord and Club Brugge, was a vital member of the midfield as the North Africans became the first team from their continent to reach the round of 16 in Qatar.