Black Cats keen on Egyptian

04 August 2009 21:45
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Sunderland are interested in signing Ahmed Al-Muhammadi, according to the Egyptian winger's agent.[LNB] The highly-rated 21-year-old, who currently plays for ENPPI in his homeland, was linked with a move to England in the January transfer window but nothing materialised.[LNB]The Black Cats could now be about to step up their efforts to bring in Al-Muhammadi as Steve Bruce aims to bolster his attacking options.[LNB]"Al-Muhammadi had a successful trial with Sunderland at the weekend and manager Steve Bruce was impressed," agent Nader Shawki told Modern Sport TV.[LNB]"Negotiations between Sunderland and ENPPI should be concluded in the next few days."[LNB]Shawki is also the agent of Amr Zaki and is understood to have established a good relationship with Bruce during the striker's spell with Wigan last season.[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports