Egypt national team coordinator explains World Cup squad exclusions
Mohamed Murad confirms that player exclusions from Egypt’s 2026 World Cup preliminary squad were purely technical decisions
⚽🇪🇬 Official clarification from Egypt
Mohamed Murad 📣, media coordinator of the Egypt national team 🇪🇬, addressed controversy over player exclusions from the preliminary World Cup 2026 squad 🏆🌍.
🧠 Reason for exclusions
Murad wrote on Facebook 📱:
💬 “Any player excluded from Egypt’s national team list is for technical reasons. More than 50 players obtained visas for travel to the USA and Canada, but only 27 were selected, with the rest excluded for purely technical reasons” ⚽🔥❌
📋 Squad update
Head coach Hossam Hassan 🧠 announced a 27-man preliminary squad 🇪🇬, which will be reduced to 26 after the Russia friendly 🇷🇺 on May 28 🏆⚽.
🧤 Squad highlights
🏆 Goalkeepers:
El Shenawy – Shobeir – Soliman – Alaa
🛡️ Defenders:
Hany – Tarek Alaa – Hamdy Fathy – Rabia – Yasser Ibrahim – Abdelmaguid – Abdelmonem – Fatouh – Hafez
⚙️ Midfielders:
Attia – Lasheen – Donga – Saber – Zizo – Emam Ashour – Ziko – Trezeguet – Ibrahim Adel – Haitham Hassan – Mohamed Salah
⚡ Forwards:
Marmoush – Oktay Abdullah – Hamza Abdel Karim
🧠 Team preparation
Ibrahim Hassan 🇪🇬 confirmed the training camp will begin on May 21 at the national training center 🏟️🔥 ahead of the World Cup 🌍🏆.
🧩 Conclusion
Egypt 🇪🇬 enters the final stage of World Cup preparations ⚽🔥, with officials insisting that all exclusions were strictly technical decisions 🧠🏆
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