According to Africafoot, Stade Rennais has rejected an offer from Borussia Dortmund for Moroccan central defender Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal. Executives at the Breton club considered that the proposal from the German club did not reflect the player’s current value or his potential for development. Africafoot reports that the German club recently approached Rennes with an initial offer that was quickly rejected. While Borussia Dortmund remains attentive to the situation, a departure this summer seems unlikely without a substantially revised upward offer. Rennes intends to retain control of the matter and does not plan to sell one of its most promising defenders unless a proposal fully meets its financial and sporting requirements.

Borussia Dortmund is leading the pursuit of Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, a 19-year-old Moroccan Centre-Back from the Mohammed VI Academy. The German club reportedly views him as a medium-term project, which gives them an advantageous position amid growing competition. Other major European clubs are also showing interest, with Liverpool FC in England said to be following his progress since the U17 World Cup. In the Netherlands, Ajax Amsterdam is considering him, while Dortmund's Bundesliga competitor, RB Leipzig, also values his abilities. Furthermore, several Ligue 1 clubs, including Stade Rennais and AS Monaco, are monitoring the player's situation. He has one cap for Morocco and a Transfermarkt market value of €10.00m.