Ziyech is a free agent again at 33

It is another reset for a player who has never quite settled into one long-term chapter since leaving Europe's top leagues. Ziyech spent his post-Chelsea years bouncing between loan spells and short stints, and his time at Wydad Casablanca, one of Morocco's most decorated clubs, was meant to offer something closer to stability back on home soil. Foot Mercato's report doesn't detail how long that spell lasted or how it ended beyond the contract simply running out, but the outcome is the same either way: Ziyech walks into the next window with no club attached to his name.

A career that's gone quiet

At his peak, Ziyech was one of the most technically gifted wide players in Europe, a set-piece specialist and chance creator who helped Chelsea win the Champions League and represented Morocco at a World Cup semi-final. That version of him hasn't been visible in the Premier League or anywhere near it for a while now. The North African and Gulf circuit has become the more familiar setting for his career in recent years, and leaving Wydad without an immediate destination lined up suggests his stock in Europe hasn't recovered enough to trigger an easy return.

Where next

At 33 and without a club, Ziyech's options likely split into two lanes. One is a return to a competitive league in North Africa, the Gulf or Turkey, where his profile as an experienced, technically sharp winger still carries weight. The other is a longer-shot move back to a major European league on a short deal, banking on reputation and remaining ability rather than current form, since there's nothing in his recent output to suggest a top-flight club would take a risk without seeing him fit and firing first.

Morocco's senior squad has largely moved past his peak years too, with younger wingers now getting the international minutes, so there's no obvious pressure from the national team side to push him toward a specific market. For now, Ziyech is simply available, and whoever signs him will be betting on reputation as much as recent form.