The 21-year-old striker made use of a loophole in his contract to abandon the Port-Saied club and join the Egyptian exodus to Lierse.

However, Al-Gabbas does not regret his act as he held the Masri board responsible for losing him.

"The Masri board forced me to leave. Since the end of last season they didn’t show any willingness to improve my contract," he told FilGoal.com.

"I was under an amateur contract.

"Ahli and Zamalek approached me and the Masri board rejected the offers, then they didn’t offer me a contract, so I had to leave."

Al-Gabbas excelled for Masri last season, scoring nine goals in the league for the mid-table side.