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Bilal El Khannouss joins - Official

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El Khannouss loves a trivela pass. It’s

“El Khannouss loves a trivela pass. It’s one of the many smart passes he has in his locker which he’ll use to unlock defences. If there’s any space in behind, El Khannouss will find and exploit it in style. He loves to play crisp passes in behind like these whether a trivela or just a clever disguised pass.



The Moroccan oozes composure on the ball and has the ability to control games and take responsibility, leading the team’s attack and showcasing a maturity that belies his tender age. It’s this composure that has led to him being pushed back from the #10 and shifted into a #8 position, one that necessitates a lot more responsibility in the first phase of build-up.

He can be the main progressor for Genk in possession as evidenced by his 8.67 progressive passes/90 (top 9%) this season. The teenager is at the centre of all things good for the team, skilled at play-making from deep, receiving the ball on the half turn from the center backs, arriving in the box, carrying the ball, and spraying passes into open space.



El Khannouss’ composure in the final third is cool, calm, collected — even when it comes to finishing, he’s ice-cold. Normally doesn’t opt to strike shots but instead places them past the keeper accurately. There’s still plenty of room for improvement, having only registered 3 goals and 6 assists in 35 league appearances so far this season, but he’s capable of turning into a consistent goal-scoring threat.

Above all, he’s a player made for the big stage who is made for the highest-pressure moments. The type of player who can win you a match in an instant with pure excellence. Previously, El Khannouss looked a bit raw in terms of the defensive side of his game, his decision-making in the final third, and consistency, but this season, he’s checked all of these boxes and taken his game to a new level.

Playing in a deeper position has given him more defensive responsibility and enabled him to blossom into a complete midfielder and focus on honing one of his key attributes — his progressive passing ability. A small area for development would be to increase his shot volume but even this has improved slightly from last season at 1.80 shots/90 to 1.91 shots/90. He needs to increase his goal output to really be amongst the best and this is one way for him to do so.

At 20 years of age, Bilal El Khannouss has emerged as one of the finest footballers in Belgium, and he looks set to play a pivotal role not only for club, but country as well, having already registered 12 appearances for the Atlas Lions, and with a contract until 2027, it’s only a matter of time before he finds his way to one of Europe’s biggest outfits.”

of the many smart passes he

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Right then, this took some editing last night, but hopefully the following gifs work and don’t slow this particular page down 🤞🏻
 

I resized them in hope that I can fit two side by side as it saves more scrolling. If the gifs are a bit difficult for the eyes, you should have the ability to click on them 👍🏻
 

I broke them down into certain attributes...

 

Creative Passing - No doubt the key attribute for why we signed him. As I mentioned in his transfer thread, he ranked 3rd in the Jupiler last season for Smart Passes, indicating his intelligence when it comes to some of his passes. The following gifs are broken down into Through Passes, Key Passes and Smart Passes...

 

Through Passes

SoUU3.gifSoUUH.gif
SoUUK.gifSoUUN.gif
SoUU9.gifSoUUw.gif
 

Key Passes

SoUUF.gifSoUU0.gif
SoUUj.gifSoUUU.gif
 

Smart Passes

SoUUP.gifSoUUJ.gif
SoUUG.gif

 

Shots - He produced 63 shots in the Jupiler last season, with 30% of them being on target. His technique is decent enough, while as you can see from a couple of his chances, he was a bit unfortunate not to score a few more league goals last season.

SoUVL.gifSoUVM.gif
SoUVs.gifSoUVN.gif
SoUVK.gifSoUVT.gif
SoUVx.gifSoUVH.gif
 

Crosses - He produced 101 crosses last season, 31% accuracy, with 1.87 of them coming from the right side, 0.87 of them coming from the left. Of the attributes I looked at, I feel that his crossing has room for improvement. He has the tendency to loft a lot of his crosses which are easy to defend against. While a number of his crosses either didn’t beat the first man or were over hit. 
SoUZL.gifSoUZp.gif
SoUZM.gifSoUZE.gif

 

Dribbles - I wouldn’t class him as an avid dribbler, he produced 113 dribbles last season, with a 56% success rate, solid enough. I’d class him as more nimble rather than an explosive 1 vs 1 specialist. 
SoUZN.gifSoUZx.gif
SoUZs.gifSoUZH.gif
SoUZT.gifSoUZw.gif
SoUZ3.gifSoUZh.gif
 

Overall thoughts

It’s well documented that he is one of the best attacking midfield talents in Europe right now, he is a player that I could see us making very decent profit on. As you can see from the gifs and as I also mentioned in his transfer thread, he picks up positions all over the pitch, it wouldn’t surprise me if Cooper starts him central or off the left. 
 

He is a bit raw in parts, but his creative passing in particular is exactly what we’ve been craving for all summer. We’ll have to be patient with him as I can see him being frustrating at times, he’ll give away a few careless passes from time to time and for me his crossing needs improvement. 
 

But on paper, he is the most exciting signing we’ve made this summer, a player with tremendous potential, welcome Bilal. 

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12 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Right then, this took some editing last night, but hopefully the following gifs work and don’t slow this particular page down 🤞🏻
 

I resized them in hope that I can fit two side by side as it saves more scrolling. If the gifs are a bit difficult for the eyes, you should have the ability to click on them 👍🏻
 

I broke them down into certain attributes...

 

Creative Passing - No doubt the key attribute for why we signed him. As I mentioned in his transfer thread, he ranked 3rd in the Jupiler last season for Smart Passes, indicating his intelligence when it comes to some of his passes. The following gifs are broken down into Through Passes, Key Passes and Smart Passes...

 

Through Passes

SoUU3.gifSoUUH.gif
SoUUK.gifSoUUN.gif
SoUU9.gifSoUUw.gif
 

Key Passes

SoUUF.gifSoUU0.gif
SoUUj.gifSoUUU.gif
 

Smart Passes

SoUUP.gifSoUUJ.gif
SoUUG.gif

 

Shots - He produced 63 shots in the Jupiler last season, with 30% of them being on target. His technique is decent enough, while as you can see from a couple of his chances, he was a bit unfortunate not to score a few more league goals last season.

SoUVL.gifSoUVM.gif
SoUVs.gifSoUVN.gif
SoUVK.gifSoUVT.gif
SoUVx.gifSoUVH.gif
 

Crosses - He produced 101 crosses last season, 31% accuracy, with 1.87 of them coming from the right side, 0.87 of them coming from the left. Of the attributes I looked at, I feel that his crossing has room for improvement. He has the tendency to loft a lot of his crosses which are easy to defend against. While a number of his crosses either didn’t beat the first man or were over hit. 
SoUZL.gifSoUZp.gif
SoUZM.gifSoUZE.gif

 

Dribbles - I wouldn’t class him as an avid dribbler, he produced 113 dribbles last season, with a 56% success rate, solid enough. I’d class him as more nimble rather than an explosive 1 vs 1 specialist. 
SoUZN.gifSoUZx.gif
SoUZs.gifSoUZH.gif
SoUZT.gifSoUZw.gif
SoUZ3.gifSoUZh.gif
 

Overall thoughts

It’s well documented that he is one of the best attacking midfield talents in Europe right now, he is a player that I could see us making very decent profit on. As you can see from the gifs and as I also mentioned in his transfer thread, he picks up positions all over the pitch, it wouldn’t surprise me if Cooper starts him central or off the left. 
 

He is a bit raw in parts, but his creative passing in particular is exactly what we’ve been craving for all summer. We’ll have to be patient with him as I can see him being frustrating at times, he’ll give away a few careless passes from time to time and for me his crossing needs improvement. 
 

But on paper, he is the most exciting signing we’ve made this summer, a player with tremendous potential, welcome Bilal. 

Great work! Thanks for that :appl:

He looks a serious talent 

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