Egypt’s Coach, Javier Aguirre has named 10 new faces and dropped Liverpool’s winger, Mohamed Salah and West Bromwich Albion’s centre-back, Ahmed Hegazi from the squad for the Nations Cup qualifier against Niger and the friendly against Nigeria on 22 and 26 March.

The Mexican decided to give key figures; Salah, Hegazi and Aston Villa’s Ahmed Elmohamady a rest due to their busy schedule in England, while testing some local-based players, who had made an impact on the local scene in the last camp before the final preparation phase starts in June, just two weeks before the AFCON.

Keepers Mahmoud ‘Genesh’ Abdel-Rehim from Zamalek; Mohamed Abo Gabal from Smouha; Amer Amer from El-Entag El-Harby had been included in the 25-man list.

Defender Ahmed Ayman Mansour from Pyramids, left-back Ahmed Aboul-Fotouh from Smouha, central midfielder Nabil Emad from Pyramids, forward Islam Gaber from Dakhleya, Abdel-Rahman Magdi from Ismaily, striker Mostafa Mohamed from Talae El-Geish and youngster Ammar Hamdi from Ittihad will get the chance to launch their international career.

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