Town skipper Sam Morsy has been left out of a nine-man list of overseas players set to be called up by Egypt for their November fixtures, which appears to reduce the chance of the midfielder being involved in the Africa Cup of Nations early next year.
The Pharaohs face Djibouti on 16th November and Sierra Leone three days later in 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Morsy’s omission would seem to decrease the Town captain’s chances of being included in the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in the Ivory Coast during January and February and would force him to miss a number of Blues matches.
Town could lose a number of players in that period with Cameron Burgess and Massimo Luongo, Australia, and Elkan Baggott, Indonesia, potentially playing at the AFC Asian Cup during the same period.
The nine listed by Egypt are Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny, Trabzonspor winger Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan, midfielder Hamdi Fathi, who plays for Al-Wakrah SC Ittihad, Jeddah midfielder Tarek Hamed, Khaleej FC striker Mohamed Sherif, Eintracht Frankfurt winger Omar Marmoush, Nantes striker Mostafa Mohamed and Pendikspor forward Ahmed 'Kouka' Hassan.
Morsy won his first Egypt caps in five years in September but having been named in the overseas list last month was left out of the final squad.