{"id":43556,"date":"2026-06-20T19:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/43556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:44:20","slug":"barcelona-set-to-complete-the-permanent-signing-of-egyptian-gem-on-monday-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/43556\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona set to complete the permanent signing of Egyptian gem on Monday &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona may have gone a bit quiet after securing the blockbuster signing of Anthony Gordon earlier in the summer. But the club are working in between the scenes to complete some key additions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of them is Egyptian star talent Hamza Abdelkarim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260620\/1004197384\/cierre-fichaje-hamza-abdelkarim-partir-lunes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, the Catalans are on the verge of completing the permanent signing of Hamza, with the 18-year-old Egyptian striker set to officially become a Barcelona player as early as next Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/belgium-v-egypt-group-g-fifa-world-cup-2026-2-1-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Hamza Abdelkarim of Egypt\" class=\"wp-image-202933\"  \/>Hamza in action during the ongoing World Cup. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forward spent this past season on loan with Barcelona\u2019s Juvenil A side and is currently representing Egypt at the World Cup, having earned a place in Hossam Hassan\u2019s squad after a series of impressive performances at youth level.<\/p>\n<p>Deal nearing completion<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report suggests Barcelona exercised their purchase option with Al-Ahly last week, and the finalisation of the transfer is now pending only the completion of the remaining bureaucratic procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two clubs are currently exchanging documentation and fulfilling the necessary formalities, with all indications pointing to final approval being granted on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange of documents is expected to conclude before June 30, the agreed deadline by which everything must be completed to comply with the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Ahly themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/official-barcelona-complete-permanent-signing-of-egyptian-wonderkid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed the agreement last week through an official statement<\/a> on social media, revealing that Barcelona had activated the purchase option and that the transfer fee was set at \u20ac1.5 million plus variables.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1024x640.png\" alt=\"Hamza Abdelkarim of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-191499\"  \/>Hamza will soon become an official Barcelona player. (Photo courtesy: FC Barcelona official website)<\/p>\n<p>A smart deal for Barcelona? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamza Abdelkarim is a low-risk, high-potential addition for Barcelona, who have been monitoring Abdelkarim closely throughout his loan spell. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His progress at Juvenil A level, combined with his inclusion in Egypt\u2019s World Cup squad at such a young age, makes him an asset, who has undeniable potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One minor complication has emerged in Egypt, where the player\u2019s former club Al-Kom Al-Ahmar are <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-wonderkids-transfer-sparks-dispute-as-former-club-files-complaint-over-e1-5-million-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reportedly claiming a portion of the transfer fee<\/a> from Al-Ahly as part of a rights agreement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that dispute is strictly between the Egyptian parties and does not affect Barcelona in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona may have gone a bit quiet after securing the blockbuster signing of Anthony Gordon earlier in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8642,92,222,9303],"class_list":["post-43556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-al-ahly","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-hamza-abdelkarim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}