Egypt star Mohamed Abou-Treika is likely to miss the 2010 African Cup of Nations after being warned that playing through injury could threaten his career.
Abou-Treika was consulting specialist Andreas Imhoff, who suggested that the Ahli playmaker needs at least two months to recover his full fitness, or else he would be risking his career if he decided to play.
Ten days ago, Ahli announced that Abou-Treika will be out of action for two months, but the midfield marvel insisted that he would be ready for the Angola finals.
But it now seems that Hassan Shehata will be without his primary playmaker next month.
It is believed that Treika has been suffering with a broken foot since the 2-1 league win in Mansoura back in October, when his brace won the game for Ahli.
However, he opted to keep on playing through injury as he was unwilling to miss last month’s World Cup qualifier with Algeria.
