A responsible source in Al-Ahly Club revealed that the Reds are close to an agreement with Spanish Barcelona to play the Joan Gamper Cup match.
The source told FilGoal.com: "We are close to reaching an agreement with Barcelona to play the Joan Gamper Cup match on the sidelines of the team's preparation camp in Spain".
The Spanish newspaper "Marca" had previously revealed that Al-Ahly's participation comes as part of the agreement between the two clubs in the deal for Al-Ahly player Hamza Abdel Karim's transfer to Barcelona.
Thus, Al-Ahly will be an Arab team participating in the Joan Gamper Cup since the introduction of the tournament system since 1997.
Al-Ahly and Barcelona met in two friendlies, the first in 2007 which ended with Barcelona winning 4-0 during the celebration of Al-Ahly's centenary, while Al-Ahly lost 4-1 in another friendly held at Wembley Stadium in 2009.
Al-Ahly announced the appointment of Moroccan Hussein Ammouta as technical director of the team starting from next season.
Al-Ahly held a press conference to introduce Wael Gomaa as football director and Ammouta as technical director.
Al-Ahly also announced the signing of the duo Ali Mahmoud and Oktay Abdullah coming from Enppi.
