Transfer: AFCON Sensation Join Pyramids
Written By Omolagba Oluwayemi
Less than 24 hours after their quarterfinal victory over Tunisia at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso international Blati Toure have joined Egyptian Premier League side, Pyramids on a free transfer.
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The experience midfielder still in Cameroon with Burkina Faso national team joined Pyramids FC on a free transfer after ending his spell with Swededn’s AFC Eskilstuna and signed a one-and-a-half-year deal, with an option to extend the contract.
Currently having a great run in Cameroon with Burkina Faso, the 27-year-old has played the full 90 minutes in all five games so far, even assisting their winner against Tunisia in the quarter-finals.
Toure also won the Man of the Match award twice in a row in the knockout stages after their games against Gabon and Tunisia and three times overall this tournament.
He’s on his way to guiding his country to a third continental medal after reaching the semi-final, where they will face the winner between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea.
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Meanwhile…
Ittihad of Alexandria have completed the signing of Pyramids FC winger Ibrahim Hassan on a season-long loan, the club announced few days ago.
A product of the Ismaily youth sector, Hassan spent five years in Ismailia, before catching the eyes of Zamalek, who spent €660,000 to bring the winger in July 2018 Zamalek.
Hassan played a huge role in guiding Zamalek to the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, and despite scoring seven goals and providing eight assists in his debut season, he was let go after just one season to Pyramids FC.
In two-and-a-half seasons with Pyramids FC, Hassan made 61 appearances in which he scored seven goals and provided 12 assists, but fell down the pecking order recently, appearing in just 93 minutes this season.
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Searching for more playing time, Pyramids have decided to send the winger on a six-month loan spell to Ittihad of Alexandria, where he will play under head coach Hossam Hassan.
Ibrahim Hassan becomes Ittihad’s third winter signing after Jordan’s Abdallah Nasib and Mohamed Shabana from Zamalek.
Ittihad sit seventh on the league table with 12 points from eight games and will hope the signing of Hassan could push them to a continental qualification spot for the first time since 2006.
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