Former Zamalek defender Beshir is being detained by his Turkish club Rizespor after saying he wanted to leave. Rizespor have reportedly taken 's passport and have put him in a hotel in Istanbul under club guard to stop him from travelling to Egypt, writes Nashwa Abdel-Tawab After his solid performance with Zamalek in the 2003/2004 season, became the target of two Turkish clubs, Rizespor and Konyaspor, who expressed their desire to sign him in July 2004. Rize were faster and signed for three years. The Egyptian centre back did exceptionally and some might say unexpectedly well from day one in Turkey. He was titular in his debut for Rize, helping tie with champions Fenerbahce 2- 2. With help from , Caykur Rizespor conceded just a handful of goals and they appeared to be on their way to European qualification. However, the departure of their coach Riza Calimbay, who brought to the club, to Ahmed Hassan's Besiktas made things difficult for the Egyptian at Rize. lost support from his coach and his team form started to deteriorate with Calimbay's departure. In the second half of the season, Rizespor stuttered in the league for several weeks before returning to form near the end of the season. However, was disenchanted and continued to harbour hopes that Calimbay would call him to Besiktas as was promised. waited for a Besiktas offer that never came. It appears that it was then he decided to look into offers from his former club Zamalek. The player is reportedly close to a loan move to the Cairo club and might return permanently if Zamalek manages to pay Rize the $1 million they asked for to let him go. Arch-rival Ahli is also negotiating to sign . denies he will move to arch-rival Ahli. "I love Zamalek and I admire Mortada Mansour," said to Al-Ahram Weekly by phone. "He did a lot to help me," he added. The Weekly has learnt that a Mansour assistant, Mahmoud Abdullah, has been sent to finalise a deal with worth between $600,000 to $1 million. 's future is in Rize's hands. left Egypt before because he was at arms with the ex-board of directors of Zamalek club headed by Kamal Darwish. Meanwhile, the record of Egyptian star Ahmed Hossam (Mido) so far in the preseason is two goals in two matches. Mido, who plays for English First Division side Tottenham Hotspurs, scored his first against Stevenage Borough while the second was against the Argentine giants Boca Juniors in which he moved well to get Defoe's pass and buried the ball home brilliantly with his right into the far corner. Despite a 2-1 defeat against Cottbus, Mohamed Zidan, another Egyptian immigrant and a member of German club Werder Bremen, appeared to be in good shape after coming on in the 61st minute, scoring Werder's only goal. Zidan elegantly controlled the ball and laid it to Valdez who sent it back to Zidan who buried it.
