Ahli will be without star striker Emad Meteb in next month's Champions League match against Nigeria's Sunshine Stars after failing to recover from a kidney problem. The Reds said that the 29-year-old's condition has hardly improved with medicine and he is now set to treat the kidney stone with laser. Meteb has just returned from injury in the recent 1-1 draw with Zamalek, following more than a month out with a hamstring problem. He could feature in the second-leg match against Sunshine by the end of October as Ahli will once again turn to Oussou Konan to lead the attack in Akure.