A previously unidentified Ligue 1 club was prepared to offer a transfer fee of €4m for 25-year-old Maltese-French winger Ilyas Chouaref. However, Sion, the club he joined in July 2022, immediately rejected the sale. Chouaref's contract with Sion runs until 2028, and he has been capped 15 times by Malta. His current market value is €4.00m, according to Transfermarkt.