[WBA-Josh]

Hegazi is on his way back to us. Egypt have been knocked out of the AFCON by South Africa.

I have to say that I wasn’t as impressed with the centre back pairing tonight as I was in the previous match. They were solid but Hegazi and Alaa are just too similar (tall, strong) in my opinion and lack mobility and pace especially against an athlete like Mothiba. Against Uganda, Hegazi and El Mohamady looked better to me as El Mohamady was more mobile and could cover ground better than Hegazi. The Hegazi, Alaa pairing has also been a strange first choice for this AFCON considering Hegazi and El Mohamady was the first choice pairing during the AFCON qualifiers.

Speaking of El Mohamady, he could be an signing option for us at centre back. Right now we have Bartley and Hegazi and we need to replace Dawson and Tosin. El Mohamady is only 22 so not yet in his prime and is the future of Egypt’s defence along with Hegazi. Maybe a bid of £250,000 to his club Ismaily could get the ball rolling. Then we would have the Dawson money to sign another quality centre back, maybe even a left footer which we haven’t had since Olsson left.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/baher-el-m...ler/381583

El Mohamady also did an interview earlier in the year where he said that he’d like to play in the Premier League some day.

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/8/648...-in-Europe