Egyptian football star requests amnesty from Sisi

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah, who plays for Italian club Roma and the Egypt national team, requested an amnesty for footballer Mohamed Aboutrika from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during a meeting yesterday.

According to AlMesryoon.com, Salah considers Aboutrika his role model in every aspect of his life, mainly in football. Aboutrika plays for Egypt’s Al-Ahly Club and was a former player in the Egyptian national team.

Salah seized the opportunity when Al-Sisi received the players of the national team, who returned to Cairo after they were beaten by Cameroon in the African Nations.

He asked Al-Sisi to grant amnesty to Aboutrika, who achieved many victories for the Egyptian national team when he played for it.

A couple of days ago, AlMesryoon.com reported that the Cairo Criminal Court blacklisted Aboutrika and 1,500 Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders, including the ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

Aboutrika is not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood but he was part of Morsi’s election campaign, AlMesryoon.com added.