Overview
- Barcelona’s proposal is a six-month loan at no cost until June with a €4 million purchase option structured as €1 million guaranteed plus performance bonuses.
- Egyptian reports describe negotiations as less smooth and the offer as financially unappealing, with no agreement reached.
- Hamza Abdelkarim, 17, has told Al Ahly he wants the move, and Barcelona plan to register him once he turns 18 in January.
- Barça Atletic’s shortage of centre-forwards, with Óscar Gistau and Víctor Barberá sidelined long term, is driving the push for a January addition.
- Interest from other European clubs, including Bayern Munich and Lyon, is viewed as strengthening Al Ahly’s leverage in the talks.