rystal Palace confirmed on Monday, September 7, the arrival of Taha Majni, an eighteen-year-old Moroccan defender, from Union Touarga. According to the London club, he becomes the first player to move directly from the Moroccan league to a Premier League side.
Brought up at Touarga, able to play at center-back or right-back, Majni made his senior debut in June 2025. He has seventeen senior appearances.
At seventeen he was part of the Moroccan squad crowned Under-20 world champions in Chile. He has since moved up to the Under-23s, with two caps in March.
In London he joins first the Under-21 squad of Darren Powell. The door Majni has just opened, others will walk through.
Photo: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crystal Palace Football Club — Crystal Palace Academy sign Taha Majni, 7 September 2026.
