CAIRO: Egyptian midfielder Ahmed Hassan has officially moved from al-Ahly to rivals Zamalek after the cross-town club announced on their website that they had signed the Egyptian skipper on a free transfer. Zamalek, who finished second to Ahly last season, hopes the addition will bring maturity to a team struggling to finish matches and who had been top of the table for portions of the season, but was unable to finish out the season strong. “Zamalek have completed the signing of Egypt's national team captain Ahmed Hassan on a two-year deal,” the White Knights said on their official website to quell reports which suggested that the deal might collapse due to financial differences. “We settled all the financial matters with Hassan today following a meeting involving his agent Mohamed Shiha and club board members Abdullah George and Tarek Ghoneim as well as marketing director Ashraf Sobhy.” BM
