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Barcelona will have a large number of players at this summer\u2019s World Cup, with nations such as Spain, France and Uruguay being represented. Another one can now be added to that list, with the news that the Catalans will have Egyptian representation in North America.<\/p>\n
Back in January, Barcelona signed Hamza Abdelkarim<\/a> on loan with an option to buy from Al Ahly. The teenage striker, who was very well-regarded in his homeland of Egypt, was seen as a real coup for the Catalans, who considered him a candidate for a future promotion to the senior squad.<\/p>\n Abdelkarim hasn\u2019t come closer to being in Flick\u2019s plans this season, but still, he has impressed since joining Barcelona. He\u2019s particularly been involved with the club\u2019s U19s, and it is that form that has earned him a place in Egypt\u2019s squad for the 2026 World Cup, as was confirmed (via Sport<\/a>) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n It has been a very good few months for Abdelkarim. He got his dream move to Europe in the winter, and in the summer, he is in line to make his debut for the Egyptian national team in a World Cup, made more impressive by the fact that he\u2019s only 18.<\/p>\n \n The future looks very bright for Abdelkarim. On top of the prospect of playing at a World Cup this summer, he\u2019s also been notified by sporting director Deco that Barcelona will activate the purchase option in their loan agreement with Al Ahly, meaning that he will remain with the Catalan club for the foreseeable future. He will have chances to get on Flick\u2019s radar, especially if he continues showing the same form as he has shown with the U19s.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see how Abdelkarim gets on at the World Cup. He\u2019s unlikely to have a prominent role, but he could still play his part \u2013 which Barcelona will also want.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Barcelona starlet earns surprise call-up for 2026 World Cup<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barcelona will have a large number of players at this summer\u2019s World Cup, with nations such as Spain, France and Uruguay being represented.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6522,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521\/revisions\/6522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Barcelona stay on the cards for Abdelkarim<\/h2>\n