{"id":425247,"date":"2011-05-16T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/16\/birmingham-to-sign-zamalek-playmaker-shikabala-if-they-avoid-relegation-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:17:00","slug":"birmingham-to-sign-zamalek-playmaker-shikabala-if-they-avoid-relegation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/birmingham-to-sign-zamalek-playmaker-shikabala-if-they-avoid-relegation-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham to sign Zamalek playmaker Shikabala if they avoid relegation &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>17 May 2011 00:17:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.1023391813\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"shikabala zamalek\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/88500\/88579_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>shikabala zamalek<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"24.6212121212\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham<\/a> are reportedly looking to sign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/egypt\/1493\/el-zamalek\">Zamalek&#8217;s<\/a> Egyptian international <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/egypt\/38135\/mahmoud-shikabala-fadlallah\">Shikabala<\/a> in an attempt to replace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belarus\/2454\/aliaksandr-hleb\">Aliaksandr Hleb<\/a> whose loan from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> ends at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Zamalek youth product, who is legally named Mahmoud Abdel Razek Fadlallah will be out of contract with the Egyptian giants in December, meaning McLeish could get the 25-year-old at a bargain price.<\/p>\n<p>Shikabala has played in Europe before, during a short stint with Greek side PAOK, but he was forced to return due to Military duties, but that transfer landed him in a lot of trouble as he moved back to Zamalek whilst still being officially owned by PAOK.<\/p>\n<p>Fifa subsequently banned him from domestic football for six months and fined him \u20ac990,000, but the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> report that he could be ready for another European adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is drawing interest from France and Germany, it is believed his preference would be the Premier League, should Birmingham survive the relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/17\/2490066\/birmingham-to-sign-zamalek-playmaker-shikabala-if-they-avoid\" title=\"Birmingham to sign Zamalek playmaker Shikabala if they avoid relegation - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham to sign Zamalek playmaker Shikabala if they avoid relegation &#8211; 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