Ahly’s Hamza Abdel Karim Nears Mortgage Transfer to Barcelona

Al Ahly Soccer Membership (FC) youth striker Hamza Abdel Karim has accomplished a mortgage transfer to Spain’s soccer membership, Barcelona, Al Ahly FC director Waleed Salah El-Din stated in a telephone interview with ON Sport on Saturday, 25 January.

He confirmed that the 18-year-old ahead had finalised all contractual procedures, including that the participant is predicted to journey to Spain within the coming days as soon as visa formalities are accomplished. 

Al Ahly FC renewed Abdel Karim’s contract earlier than approving the deal, which is able to see him be a part of Barcelona’s reserve facet, Barça Atlètic, the membership’s second group that develops younger gamers for the senior squad, on mortgage till the top of the season, with an choice for the Spanish membership to make the transfer everlasting in the summertime.

Spanish media stories indicated that the acquisition choice is ready at round EUR 1.5 million (EGP 83.8 million), with extra performance-related bonuses that might increase the general worth of the deal. Al Ahly FC additionally secured a sell-on clause, permitting the Cairo membership to learn from any future switch involving the participant.

Born in 2008, Abdel Karim is taken into account considered one of Ahly’s most promising academy merchandise in recent times. He drew consideration for his performances on the youth degree, together with appearances with Egypt’s junior nationwide groups, which reportedly put him on the radar of European scouts.

If accomplished completely, the transfer would mark a uncommon switch from Egyptian youth soccer on to considered one of Europe’s greatest golf equipment, in what officers and native media have described as a big step for younger Egyptian gamers in search of alternatives overseas.