Egypt national team coach Hector Cuper has called 11 foreign-based players to join a closed camp in preparations for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Pharaohs will hold a training camp in Cairo 24 to 28 March and are looking to play a warm up game ahead of the qualifiers, which begin in June.
Egypt has been drawn alongside North African rivals Tunisia, Niger and Swaziland in Group J of the 2019 AFCON qualifiers. They will start their campaign against Tunisia in the period from 5 to 13 June.
The seven-time African Champions finished runners up at the 2017 AFCON in an impressive return to Africa's elite for the first time since 2010.
The 11 foreign-based players are as follows:
Mohamed Salah (Roma-Italy), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City - England), Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Ahly Jeddah- KSA), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal-England), Omar Gaber (Basel - Swiss), Mahmoud Kahraba (Ittihad Jeddah - KSA), Mahmoud "Trezeguet" Hassan (Royal Excel Mouscron), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City - England), Karim hafez (Lens - France), Amr Warda (PAOK- Greek) and Sam Morsi (Wigan - England)
