أكد محمد حمدي، لاعب نادي إنبي، أن تجربته القصيرة مع نادي الزمالك كانت محطة مهمة في مشواره الكروي، رغم تعرضه لسلسلة من الإصابات التي أثّرت على ظهوره.

وفي تصريحات لبرنامج “ميركاتو” عبر إذاعة “أون سبورت أف أم”، قال حمدي: “المرور بجوار الزمالك شرف، وأي لاعب يتمنى التواجد داخل هذا الكيان الكبير، حتى وإن كانت التجربة قصيرة، فقد اكتسبت خلالها الكثير من الخبرات، وتعلمت كيفية اللعب تحت ضغط جماهيري وعلى مستوى عالٍ”.

وأضاف: “الإصابات حرمتني من تقديم أفضل ما لدي، بدأت بقطع جزئي في الركبة، ثم تعرضت لشرخ، وبعدها إصابة نادرة في الرئة أبعدتني لفترة طويلة وصلت إلى ستة أشهر”.

وحول بنود إعارته للفريق الأبيض، أوضح اللاعب أنها لم تؤثر على تركيزه إطلاقًا، قائلاً: “لم أتأثر بأي بنود تتعلق بالإعارة، فتركيزي دائمًا داخل الملعب”.

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ونفى حمدي وجود مفاوضات رسمية مع النادي الأهلي، مشيرًا إلى أن ما تم تداوله لم يتجاوز “كلام وكلاء”، مضيفًا: “لم يصلني عرض رسمي من الأهلي، وكل ما قيل مجرد أحاديث إعلامية، في المقابل كانت هناك عروض خارجية لم تكتمل بسبب الخلافات المالية”.

وأشاد محمد حمدي بزميله السابق محمود عبد الرازق شيكابالا، قائلاً: “الكرة المصرية حزينة لاعتزال شيكابالا.. هو أسطورة داخل الملعب، وشخصية محترمة خارجه”.

كما أثنى على خطوة الزمالك بتجديد عقد عبد الله السعيد، واصفًا إياها بالذكية: “عبد الله السعيد لاعب خبرة، وأي نادٍ يتشرف بوجوده ضمن صفوفه”.

وفي تعليقه على انتقال أحمد سيد زيزو إلى الأهلي، أبدى محمد حمدي دهشته من الخطوة، مؤكدًا: “لم أتوقع خطوة زيزو، لكنها في النهاية قرارات شخصية يجب احترامها”.

واختتم حمدي تصريحاته بالتعبير عن أمنيته في الانضمام إلى منتخب مصر مستقبلًا: “منذ الصغر وأنا أحلم بقميص المنتخب الوطني، وأتمنى المشاركة في كأس العالم المقبلة”.

Pakistan’s plans for a pre-World Cup team-bonding trip to Dubai have been cancelled as the team was still awaiting visas to travel to India as on Friday.The Pakistan squad was due to fly to the UAE early next week and stay for a couple of days before flying to Hyderabad, ahead of their first warm-up game against New Zealand on September 29. Instead, Pakistan now plan to fly out of Lahore to Dubai early next Wednesday and fly to Hyderabad from there. Although one official said the situation was “alarming”, there does appear to be general confidence that the visas will arrive in time for Pakistan to travel. The application for visas is understood to have been made over a week ago.As of now, ESPNcricinfo understands, Pakistan are the only one – of nine sides traveling to India for the World Cup – still awaiting visas. The delay does highlight the complex and tense political backdrop against which the team is traveling to India. Travel between the two countries for citizens on either side is extremely limited because obtaining visas is an arduous and often fruitless process.Related

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Crossing the border for cricket has also become a rarity. Neither team has travelled to the other’s country for a bilateral series since Pakistan’s trip to India for a white-ball series in 2012-13. That trip itself was an outlier, amid a steady, often sharp, deterioration in relationships between the two countries since the Mumbai attacks in November 2008. Pakistan have toured India once in the last ten years, but that was for the T20 World Cup in March 2016.Their participation in this ODI World Cup has already been the subject of horse-trading involving the recent Asia Cup. Pakistan were the official hosts of that event but only four matches were held in their country, with India’s team not given clearance to travel to Pakistan. As a result, the majority of the tournament was played in Sri Lanka in a hybrid model conceived by then PCB chief Najam Sethi.At one stage in negotiations earlier this year, the PCB floated the idea of a similar hybrid model for the World Cup whereby Pakistan would play their games outside of India, possibly in Bangladesh. That idea, which also raised the question of whether India would travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in February 2025, was never a serious proposition and in August, the Pakistan government gave clearance to the team to travel to India.The schedule of this tournament was also rejigged following requests from police forces in more than one city – Ahmedabad and Kolkata, primarily – since match dates were clashing with those of important religious festivals. A total of nine matches were moved around as a result.Pakistan’s first warm-up game, against New Zealand next Friday, will be played behind closed doors in Hyderabad because police failed to provide assurances for adequate security. There are two major religious festivals around the date of that game in the city.Only two players from Pakistan’s current squad have travelled to India for cricket before – Mohammad Nawaz, who was part of Pakistan’s 2016 T20 World Cup squad and Agha Salman, who was in the Lahore Lions’ squad for the Champions League T20.

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Son's contract expires next summer Spurs captain is now 32Ready to stay in north London for one more seasonFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Per Football-Asian, Spurs' captain is open to moving to the United States next summer, when the World Cup takes place, amid interest from Los Angeles FC. The South Korea international, who won the Europa League with the north London club last season, signed a contract extension in January, and is expected to see his deal out, with it expiring in 2026.

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The report claims Son has already communicated to new manager Thomas Frank that he intends to stay in north London this summer. He is hoping to retire in the US, but the 32-year-old is not quite ready to leave Europe yet. LAFC are eyeing a new Designated Player after Olivier Giroud's exit but may have to wait to secure his signature.

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Son may be nearing his twilight years but he remained a key contributor for Spurs last season, scoring 11 goals and registering 12 assists. The campaign culminated in the veteran winger finally lifting a trophy for the club he has been at since 2015.

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Spurs have a number of pre-season friendlies coming up, including a clash with Newcastle in Son's homeland of South Korea.

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