Cuper calls up  Salah, Elneny, Kouka & Warda for Tanzania’s game

Hector Cuper has called up six foreign-based players, including Roma winger Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s midfielder Mohamed Elneny, for the Pharaohs’ crucial game against Tanzania in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The 6 foreign-based players are as follows:

Mohamed Salah (Roma-Italy)

Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal-England)

Ahmed Hassan Kouka (Sporting Braga- Portugal)

Mahmoud Trezeguet’ Hassan (Anderlecht-Belgium)

Amr Warda (Panetolikos – Greek)

Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Ahly Jeddah- Saudi Arabia)

The seven-time African champions – who are within reach of a place at next year’s Cup of Nations for the first time since 2010 – are at the top of Group G of the qualifiers with seven points, five ahead of second-place Nigeria.