CAIRO: Mahmoud Shikabala Abdel Razeq has been included in Zamalek s squad that will take on Ismaili today in week 16 of the Egyptian Premier League.
The player was banned for six months by Fifa, because of a breach of contract with Greek club Paok, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport lifted the ban and cleared him to return to action.
There was confusion over the availability of Shikabala, with the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) saying they haven t as yet received any official documents.
By now the EFA should have received the clearance and we are waiting for the green light to let him play against Ismaili, the club s football director Ayman Mansour told FilGoal.com.
Shikabala made the trip to Rwanda last weekend, in the 2-1 win over APR in the CAF Champions League preliminary round, but didn t feature in the game.
Manager Ruud Krol will have to do without injured keeper Abdel Wahed Al-Sayed and suspended Gamal Hamza and Alaa Abdel Ghani.
The squad:
Goalkeepers:Mohamed Abdel Monsef, Emad Al-Sayed.
Defenders:Mohamed Abdullah, Ahmed Ghanem, Beshir Al-Tabei, Amr Al-Safti, Tarek Al-Sayed, Mahmoud Fathallah.
Midfielders:Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Aboul Ela, Hazem Emam, Osama Hassan, Ahmed Magdi, Shikabala.
Forwards:Amr Zaki, Sherif Ashraf, Abdel Halim Ali, Mostafa Gaafar.
