At Standard Liège, El Yamani impressed, and his club thought they would cash in on him when he excelled at the FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 in Argentina. He was very close from Italian giants Juventus, but a dramatic car accident in Cairo set back this move. In July 2001, when El Yamani was on his way to the airport, he lost control of his car after bursting a tyre. In addition to this offer from Juventus, another one from Bayern Munich did not materialize.