CAIRO: Saudi Arabia s Shabab are no longer interested in Flavio Amado as they have signed Kuwaiti striker Ahmed Agab instead. Ahly hitman Flavio, who joined the Cairo giants in 2005, was heavily linked with a loan move to the Saudi outfit, but the deal eventually fell through. According to Shabab s officials, the negotiations with their Egyptian counterparts reached a deadlock because the Cairo side kept beating around the bush. We decided not to sign Flavio because Ahly s officials kept stalling for no apparent reason, Ittihad chairman Khaled Al-Baltan told the club s official website. The Saudi powerhouse offered to sign Flavio on an extendable six-month loan deal for ?1.5 million. Ahly, on the other hand, declared that they wouldn t be able to accept their overtures unless they had a competent replacement for the 29-year-old to fill the frontline void. Afterwards, Shabab announced the signing of Agab on a loan basis, and the end of Flavio s hunt. Early this season, Ahly loaned out striker Emad Meteb to Ittihad Jeddah, and he repeatedly impressed in the Saudi League.
