Egypt coach Bob Bradley selected 27 players for the training camp in Sudan, including the likes of Mohamed Abou-Treika and Amr Zaki and overlooking skipper Ahmed Hassan. The Egypt squad will fly to Khartoum this week as the team are set to play a couple of friendly games against African minnows Uganda and Chad during the one-week camp. After choosing a relatively-fringe squad for the recent trip to Doha, American coach Bradley named 11 players from Ahli and Zamalek this time. A significant inclusion was the rare presence of Ahli midfielder Hossam Ashour, who only played once for Egypt despite being a regular for the Cairo giants for over eight years. However, another surprise decision was the exclusion of captain Hassan, who became the world's most-capped player of all time after making his 180th appearance against Niger last month. There was also no place for Zamalek captain Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed, even though Essam Al-Hadari and Ahmed Al-Shennawi are the only two goalkeepers on board.
No place for skipper Hassan Foreign-based duo Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed Elmohamady have club commitments, while Ahli's defense stalwart Wael Gomaa is out with injury, as well as striker Emad Meteb. Egypt squad: Goalkeepers: Essam Al-Hadari (Ittihad), Ahmed Al-Shennawi (Masri) Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Mohamed Naguib (Ahli), Mahmoud Fathallah, Mohamed Abdul-Shafi (Zamalek), Ahmed Saied ‘Ouka' (Hodoud), Ali Fathi, Bassem Ali (Contractors), Ahmed Hegazi, Moatasem Salem (Ismaili), Ahmed Dueidar (Police), Mohamed Nassef (ENPPI) Midfielders: Hossam Ghaly, Mohamed Abou-Treika, Walid Soliman, Hossam Ashour (Ahli), Ibrahim Salah, Shikabala (Zamalek), Mohamed Al-Nenni (Contractors), Ashour Al-Taqui (Wadi Degla), Ahmed Khairi (Ismaili) Strikers: Amr Zaki (Zamalek), Mohamed Salah (Contractors), Salah Ashour (Police), Ahmed Mekki (Hodoud), Ahmed Abdul-Zaher (ENPPI)
