Rulani Mokwena remains resolute in Wydad project

Following the arrival of at least 20 new players, Wydad find themselves in sixth place on the table after 16 games.

However, Mokwena, speaking to CAF TV, sees the bigger picture in his attempt to restore the Moroccan giants to its glory days.

"The immediate goal is to change the identity, we are trying to get the club to play in a certain way. Of course, we don't try to move too far away from the identity of the club,” Mokwena said.

“I've gone even into the history of the club like Amotta [Hussein], Regragui [Walid] and some incredible coaches that have been here and there has always been a certain style and a vibrance about how Wydad wants to play with wing play and crosses and of course a lot of counterattacks but we tried to tweak it a little bit and tried to give it a different style but still maintain its culture and its feeling for this fast-paced football.

“Something that of course the fans can identify with because that's why we are here for the fans and to make the fans happy and every day we look to put this investment to try to change and adapt the style of play and this was one of the first reasons when we had this discussion with the president and the board.

“The immediate was let's get an identity and this is what big clubs have, over the years, you've seen Barcelona, you've seen Ajax staying very true to their identity and their style."

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Mokwena did not shy away from reiterating the targets for Wydad by the end of the season, especially with the FIFA Club World Cup on the horizon.

"This is what Wydad wants to try to do, build a club that will be successful over a period of time and that success is the success we want to help us. So, by this season we want to be in the Champions League again, we want to be competing in CAF competitions or we want to have an incredible club World Cup where we can sell the club and sell the club as one of the big clubs in the continent,” the coach added.

“Of course over the long term is to have a very sustained, very strong identity that we can use for people to say, even when they haven't watched a Wydad game, where they can say we know how they played and that's probably the hardest part of this new job."