Baniyas have released Angel Dealbert, the Spanish defender with a year left on his two-year contract.
Dealbert is the third foreign player to be shipped out after Denis Stracqualursi, the Argentine striker, and the Palestine Imad Khalili, which leaves the Spanish playmaker Joan Verdu as the only expatriate player from last season.
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Verdu’s future is also uncertain with the club president Mubarak Al Mahroum stating in the club’s Twitter account: “Joan’s contract depends on the coach Luis Garcia.”
One of the vacant spots at the Baniyas Stadium has been already filled by Mark Milligan, the Australian defensive midfielder, on a two-year contract.
Al Mahroum was also quoted in the tweet thanking Dealbert for his services and expressing “Milligan is of great value to the team.”
Adnane Tighadouini, the Dutch-Moroccan who plays as a winger for NAC Breda in the Dutch second tier, may fill one of those vacant spots, according to TheAtlaslions.com.
Baniyas officials would not comment but the website stated Tighadouini was close to a deal as his present employers are prepared to let him leave due to the financial benefits of his sale, estimated to be around £1 million (Dh5.8m).
Tighadouini, 22, started his career at Vitesse in 2011 and moved on loan to FC Volendam and SC Cambuur before signing a two-year contract with NAC Breda until the summer of 2017.
He also played for the Morocco in the 2011 CAF Under 23 Championship and scored his first goal against Algeria in a 1-0 victory.
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