I think pulling off Mazraoui staying was a non-starter due to Morocco playing the opening game of AFCON. Mbeumo and Amad's games being later gave us a bit of leeway to make agreements with their national teams.Odd Mazraoui isn't mentioned (I know Morocco is separate) - Wonder if they felt they could cope without him?

this is the outlook we had 6 games ago - look how that went against lesser teams