Africa Cup of Nations.

Since featuring against Ghana and Burkina Faso last June Ziyech has been involved in a war of words with Bosnian

Halilhodzic regarding his availability for international duty.

The former Ajax man missed all six group-stage fixtures in Morocco’s World Cup qualifying campaign, and it appears

Halilhodzic does not intend to select Ziyech for the two-legged play-off against the Democratic Republic of Congo for

a spot in Qatar next month.

Morocco, who are looking to qualify for a second successive World Cup.

He was born in the Netherlands and represented them at youth international level, but switched allegiance to Morocco in 2015.

He won 39 caps for the North Africans and scored 17 goals.