"Al-Shayeb will join us permanently for a fee of EGP 600,000. He should sign a contract soon," Ittihad chairman Mohamed Moselhi told FilGoal.com.

Al-Shayeb joined ENPPI from Ittihad in 2006, but struggled to find a regular place with the Cairo club and thus returned to Alexandria.

Meanwhile, Ittihad have signed winger Hani Abdullah from Asyut Petroleum in a two-year deal worth EGP 1.2million.