“I don’t know how can he say such things. Wissem El-Abdi is our player how can he sell a player who is not his!!!” said Mohamed Sabri Abou Alam, board member.

Al-Zahhaf said to daily Assabah that El-Abdi will join Qatar's Al-Rayyan after Zamalek failed to pay the second installment of the deal.

Meanwhile, Captain Hazem Emam will have to rest for the next three days as he suffers from some back pains.

Coach Henri Michel has also asked to offload five youngsters and showed a particular interest in Zamalek U-20 midfielder Mohamed Ibrahim seeing him as a hot prospect.

The Whites are preparing for Egypt Cup semi-final against Asyut Petroleum on June 27th.