According to the club official website, Hossam Ghaly
will not be transferred to Birmingham City due to footballing
reasons. On the other side, Spurs have confirmed that
the Egyptian himself decided not to complete his move
to Blues.
After the surprising move of Mido to Sunderland,
his compatriot Hossam Ghaly became in the spotlight
this afternoon as his transfer from Tottenham to Birmingham
City has been cancelled.
According to the Birmingham official webpage,
the reasons were "Footballing reasons" which
is a pretty vague statement from the club.
Such statement allowed speculations and
rumours to start, some sources claimed that the Egyptian
couldn't obtain a work permit and this was the reason
beyond the collapse of his transfer.
However, obtaining a work permit does
not fall under footballing reasons by any mean.
It was also rumoured that the Egyptian
was involved in a massive row between the players during
training this morning and Bruce had to dismiss him from
training. However, these are all mere speculations and
EP cannot confirm or deny this at the time being.
According to Spurs website, Ghaly was the one who didn't want
the transfer to go through so it is clear that something happened
in the very previous hours that resulted in him not willing
to play for Blues.
The whole situation is unclear at the time being,
but EP will try to get more updates as the story unfolds...
