Youssef Msakni is being linked with a return to former club Esperance Tunis, with the Tunisian side rumoured to be exploring a move for the free agent left winger.
Data compiled by Transfermarkt lists the 35-year-old as without a club following his departure from Qatari outfit Al-Arabi SC on 1 July 2025 and records fresh speculation of a switch to Esperance in Tunisia’s Ligue 1. The move is currently logged with an unspecified probability, underlining that discussions remain at the level of rumour rather than an imminent agreement.
Msakni, born in Tunis on 28 October 1990, is valued at around €400,000, a figure that would make any potential deal relatively low-cost for Esperance. A right-footed attacker who mainly operates from the left, he previously enjoyed a successful spell with the Tunis club earlier in his career, having joined them from Stade Tunisien in 2008.
His performances there earned a transfer to Qatari side Al-Duhail SC in 2013, where he spent the bulk of his prime years and saw his market value peak at €4.5m in 2018, according to the same data. A loan stint with Belgian club KAS Eupen in 2019 provided his first taste of European football before he later moved to Al-Arabi, with several loan switches between the two Qatari teams over the following seasons.
Now a free agent and with his valuation having gradually fallen to €400,000 by October 2025, a return to Esperance would offer Msakni both familiarity and a prominent stage in his home country. Should the move materialise, it could serve as a late-career homecoming that helps to define the final chapter of a long-standing international winger’s club journey.
