Egypt’s technical team, led by Ihab Galal, has announced a preliminary list of names of professional players abroad, in preparation for the matches between Guinea and Ethiopia in the first and second rounds of the African Nations 2023 qualifiers scheduled for June 5 and 9.

The list saw the first recall of Montreal’s Canadian midfielder Ahmed Hamdi, as well as the call-out of Saudi Jeddah defender Ahmed Hegazy after confirming his recovery from an injury he sustained at the last African Nations Championship in Cameroon.

The initial list of specialists included:

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England)
Mustafa Fathi (Saudi Cooperation)
Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet (Bashak Shahir, Turkish)
Ahmed Hamdi (Canadian Montreal)
Ahmet Hassan Koca (Konyaspor, Turkey)
Mohamed Elneni (Arsenal, England)
Mustafa Muhammad (Galatasaray, Turkey)
Sam Morsey (Ipswich, England)
Omar Marmusch (Stuttgart, Germany)
Ahmet Yasir Rayan (Altayspor, Turkey)
Karim Hafez (Turkish Yeni Maltya)