“I got an urgent call from Rizespor officials on Monday asking me to return to Turkey as soon as possible to negotiate a contract-extension,” Al-Tabie told FilGoal.com exclusively on Monday.

Al-Tabie also revealed that Zamalek wanted to bring him back to his former club and that an undisclosed board member in charge of negotiating a new deal with him.

Nevertheless, Al-Tabie insisted that his return to Zamalek would be conditional and that club officials would have to agree on certain terms before he can make a comeback.