Transfer News Oussama Zamouri

[Manorlounger]

Oussama Zamouri joins Oxford United | Oxford United Football Club

Oxford United have completed the signing of winger Oussama Zamouri on a deal that will see him stay with the U’s through to January.

www.oufc.co.uk

Bit off the wall but impressed on trial. Welcome to Oxford.

 

[Sarge]

hard to gauge if he's coming here as an U23 squad player or a first-team squad player ... though as he's on loan till January I'd guess its the latter?

 

[Jason N]

Sounds like the guy Tiger mentioned in the 5 mins Fans forum. So that clears that up. So now it depends on whether KR can loan a player out or McMahon leaves as to whether we sign anyone else I suppose.

 

[unification]

hard to gauge if he's coming here as an U23 squad player or a first-team squad player ... though as he's on loan till January I'd guess its the latter?

He’s not on loan, Sarge. It’s a short term deal similar to the one we chucked Jonte Smith’s way last year.

Odd signing again although promising. We’ll just have to see what we’ve got here - could be anything!

 

[Marked Ox]

Welcome Oussama.

Seems a strange one on paper, even for the U23s. He has a chance to impress so I hope he takes it and all parties succeed from it. At least he has reasonable experience in the Dutch 2nd tier so it is whether he can adjust to English football.

Career stats:

Oussama Zamouri - Career stats

Player stats of Oussama Zamouri (Vereinslos) ➤ Goals ➤ Assists ➤ Matches played ➤ All performance data

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

He has made 72 senior appearances (69 Dutch 2nd tier games, 3 Dutch Cup games), 12 goals according to this.

 

[Manorlounger]

There's some reasonable stuff here. Could be an interesting find.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Seems to have joined FC Dordrecht just over a year ago from Telstar

 

[Marked Ox]

There's some reasonable stuff here. Could be an interesting find.

From that:

He is left sided midfielder/winger.
He is 2 footed.
Likes his tricks.
Appears willing to have a shot.
Decent enough pace.
Appears to have awareness of players running off him.
Haven't a clue what he is like defensively.

Of course what we didn't see in the clips will be key as we have all seen YouTube clips making a player look great then they turn out rubbish (Mehmeti and Gino spring to mind).

One thing though with some of the misses, when in great positions, of his teammates, he'll be right at home straight away.

 

[MJB]

Shades of Pep with this one.

 

[radicalox]

One of those could be an unearthed gem, could be a complete flop signings.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Probably cheap and worth an extended look.

 

[Oxymoron]

One from one of KRs continental scouting trips I guess....

 

[BotleyOx]

Out of contract June 2019, might be looking to see if hes any good with the possibility to sin him in Jan or for next season.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Out of contract June 2019, might be looking to see if hes any good with the possibility to sin him in Jan or for next season.

So he is out of contact now. We've signed him until January, presumably with a clause to extend after.

 

[SwissYellow]

tricksy and exotic. I approve.

 

[Discoland]

Low risk, probably low cost addition. Not a bad thing especially if he can be part of a successful U23 side and assist with the overall development of the squad.

 

[Ricey]

Have we had a Moroccan player before?

Welcome Oussama!! Fingers crossed it works out for you and the club!!

 

[The Roller]

Wasn't Medhi Kerrouche Morrocan?

I don't think he is coming to play U23 football. FC Dordrecht play at a good level.

 

[Sarge]

Wasn't Medhi Kerrouche Morrocan?

I don't think he is coming to play U23 football. FC Dordrecht play at a good level.

wasnt he an Algerian ... and a scummer ( who we had on loan for a few games)?

 

[The Roller]

wasnt he an Algerian ... and a scummer ( who we had on loan for a few games)?

Yeah, he looked decent, fell out with Paolo di Canio I believe!

 

[brassmonkey]

As he is 23 how is he going to play for the UNDER 23's.

 

[Sarge]

As he is 23 how is he going to play for the UNDER 23's.

U23 squads can field 'a few ' ( not certain how many are permitted though) overage players, in effect U23s are a development squad, frequently players getting up to match fitness get a run out in U23 matches ... for example Kashi featured in at least one U23s game last season

 

[brassmonkey]

Yep, I know. Just messing with the terminology.

 

[holdsteady]

PFA young player of last year was Stanley Matthews so it’s a pretty lose term in professional football.

 

[Sarge]

Yep, I know. Just messing with the terminology.

guess I got Wooshed

 

[Mellowyellow]

U23 squads can field 'a few ' ( not certain how many are permitted though) over age players, in effect U23s are a development squad, frequently players getting up to match fitness get a run out in U23 matches ... for example Kashi featured in at least one U23s game last season

Dont the over age players have to be nominated before the season starts?

 

[smiler106]

U23 squads can field 'a few ' ( not certain how many are permitted though) overage players, in effect U23s are a development squad, frequently players getting up to match fitness get a run out in U23 matches ... for example Kashi featured in at least one U23s game last season

Most of the under-23 matches that we play are friendlies, so I would imagine there is quite a bit of leeway there. Not sure what the rules are for the Premier League cup (we play Huddersfield in the qualification round next Monday).

 

[Sarge]

Dont the over age players have to be nominated before the season starts?

dunno- but if in the case of todays 'signing' that is correct, he wont get much match time? .... EFL do appear make all manner rules n regs up as they go along, it seems?

 

[werthersoriginal]

Anyway he’ll be a first team player, he’s a professional with experience

 

[Sarge]

vague idea for a song for him , if he weighs in with a fair amount of goals of course, to the tune of 'thats Amore'

" when the balls in the net, we know what we get, thats Zamouri"