Official Feyenoord offer for Sherif

Official Feyenoord offer for Sherif

Date: 29-4-2004
Wrote: EP's reporter in Holland Jelke Wissing

Egyptian goalkeeper Sherif Ikrami seems very close to signing for Feyenoord Rotterdam. EP reported this straight away, but at the time, four days ago, it looked like a rumour. Now, Al-Ahly Club confirmed that the Dutch outfit offered for the Egyptian goalkeeper.

Official offer:

The tall goalkeeper of Al-Ahly could be the second Egyptian at Feyenoord, and Mohamed Zidan is also on their shortlist. According to Egyptian press, Feyenoord offered $950,000 for Sherif, the equivalent of just over £500,000 sterling. The player is expected to go on trial at the club at first though.

The Ahly marketing manager El Kaiey said to BBC, "We have received an official bid for our player from Feyenoord and we are currently finalising the deal."

Feyenoord are not the only team that had shown interest in Ikrami. It is quite a fact that all of Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord showed an interest in the Youth number 1 at one stage or another.

The Rotterdam based club are in a number of European countries, aiming to rebuild their team. They are searching for defenders in Denmark and France, and with Ghaly setting a good example for Egyptians at the club, Ikrami's transfer is a big possibility.

EP will update you on this in due course...