"Zaki has become a Zamalek player as the club already submitted the necessary papers," EFA spokesman Medhat Shalabi told FilGoal.com.

Zaki's move to Zamalek was in jeopardy after negotiations with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow came to a halt over the method of paying the 1.4 million Euro deal and postponed the player's participation with the team.

But Zamalek's payment of 200,000 Euros on Tuesday and fulfilling the first installment of the deal prompted the Russian side to accept sending the player's transfer license.

"The EFA will contact Lokomotiv, demanding them to send Zaki's transfer license as soon as possible to let the player participate with his new team," Shalabi said.

The Egyptian transfer deadline is on Thursday, August 9th.

Zamalek will play ENPPI in their second league game on Thursday.