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Brazilians reportedly looking to sign two players from Africa’s elite club
Al Ahly midfielder Hussein El Shahat has responded to reports linking him to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Recent reports indicated that Masandawana has made a $ 3 million (R48 million) offer for the highly rated attacking midfielder.
The Tshwane giants are also said to have made another $ 2 million (R32 million) offer for El Shahat’s teammate Ayman Ashraf at the Egyptian champions.
This came after it was reported that Al Ahly were eager to sign influential Sundowns playmaker Gaston Sirino after the club appointed Pitso Mosimane as their new head coach late last month.
El Shahat, who is an Egyptian international, explained that he was not aware of Sundowns’ interest in his services as he is currently on vacation.
“I don’t know anything about the existence of official offers from the Sundowns Club,” El Shahat told MBC Egypt on Wednesday according to Eg24 News.
“I’m currently on vacation with my kids and I don’t occupy my mind with anything, but certainly when you have performances, that means you’re doing well.”
Sirino was one of Mosimane’s key players during the consummate tactician’s time with Sundowns and the Uruguayan player signed a new five-year deal with the Chloorkop giants in June 2020.
El Shahat is Al Ahly’s record signing by joining the Cairo giants of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) giants Al Ain after they paid a whopping $ 5 million (R80 million) for his services in 2018.
However, the 28-year-old revealed that he has received offers from the Arabian Gulf where he flourished while playing for Al Ain.
“There are offers from Gulf that came to me through my agent, but I just focus on the team and continue with it. I closed everything for the love of the Al-Ahly club that I chose ”, he added.
El Shahat is eager to help Al Ahly clinch a ninth Caf Champions League title this year and spoke about his working relationship with South African tactician Mosimane.
“I look forward to achieving the African Champions League championship with Al-Ahly and dedicating the title to Moamen Zakaria. It doesn’t matter which team we face in the final match, and we will play to win, ”he continued.
“I had shaky confidence after the opportunity I wasted against Wydad [Casablanca] in Morocco [in the Champions League semi-final first-leg match] after coming back from injury and the feeling put pressure on me to score, but I managed to regain my confidence during the second leg.
“The coach, Pitso Mosimane, spoke to me and gave me more confidence, and told me to give everything I had in the game.”
Al Ahly will face Egypt’s Zamalek or Morocco’s Raja Casablanca in the Champions League final on November 27.
