Mohamed Ihattaren is reportedly on the verge of leaving RKC Waalwijk to join FC Groningen. Although he signed a multi-year contract with RKC at the beginning of the season, Ihattaren was unable to prevent the team's relegation. After the team's last competitive match against Go Ahead Eagles, he suggested that it felt like it might have been his final game for RKC. Journalist Leon ten Voorde, speaking on the De Ballen Verstand podcast, claimed that Ihattaren is set to join FC Groningen, following Mo Allach, who was announced as the new technical director of Groningen in April. Ten Voorde expressed his confidence in this transfer and dismissed any suggestions that Ihattaren might join other clubs, such as FC Twente. This move makes Ihattaren's transfer to Groningen more likely, as he is anticipated to follow the newly appointed technical director, Mo Allach, to the club known as 'De Trots van het Noorden.'