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Waleed Salah El-Din, Al Ahly's director of football, announced on Saturday that his club had agreed on the transfer of the young player Hamza Abdel Karim to Spanish club Barcelona during the winter transfer period extending to the end of this month.
The director of football for Al Ahly stated via the Egyptian channel "On Sport": "Yes, Hamza Abdel Karim has completed his move to Barcelona, and I hope he will succeed with the Spanish club, and that he will not return again but will continue his professional journey in Europe." He clarified: "There are minor details related to the difficulty of visa procedures, and after that everything will be finalized." Numerous press reports in Spain and Egypt indicated that Hamza Abdel Karim (18 years old) will move to the reserve team of Barcelona on loan until the end of the current season. It added that Al Ahly agreed to loan the player with a purchase clause for 1.5 million euros, with financial incentives that may raise the gains of the Egyptian club to 5 million euros based on the player's goals and participation rate with the Catalan team. According to press reports, the two clubs also agreed on Al Ahly's benefit of 15 percent of the proceeds from the player's future sale to any other club.
