Egypt’s senior national team coach, Hector Cuper has called up five European based players for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria.
In the list include, Mohamed Salah of AS Roma, Mohamed Elneny of Arsenal,Ahmed Hassan of Sporting Braga, Belguim-based Mahmoud ‘Trezeguet’ Hassan of Anderlecht and Amr Warda of Panetolikos.
The five invited foreign based players will team up with the rest of home-based Pharaohs in camp on March 20.
Cuper has invited only five overseas-based players for the Pharaohs’ camp, while his Nigerian counterpart, Samson Saisia invited 20 players from Europe for the two-legged encounter.
Both countries will lock horns in the first leg in Kaduna on March 25 while the return leg comes up four days later at the Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria on March 29.
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