World Cup Scout: Egypt vs Uruguay - Egyptian winger with a low release clause

As Egypt sweat on the match fitness of Mohamed Salah, even with the forward set to start against Uruguay on Friday, head coach Hector Cuper has at his disposal another wing wizard capable of making an impact in Russia. 

Finishing the 2017/18 Super Lig campaign as the highest rated player, with a WhoScored.com rating of 7.53, Trezeguet comes into the World Cup on the back of a hugely impressive season. Kasimpasa may have laboured to an eighth placed finish, but with 13 goals and six assists, the 23-year-old was undeniably the club’s star man last term. 

Now he has the ideal opportunity to showcase his talents to the watching world. Salah may be the star man, yet Trezeguet has the means to light up Russia and put himself front and centre in the shop window. If he can transfer his fine club form to the international stage, Egypt will fancy their chances of securing a place in the last-16 stage of the World Cup. 

Only Bafetimbi Gomis (9) won more WhoScored.com man of the match awards than Trezeguet (8) in the top tier of Turkish football last season, while the Kasimpasa star also completed more dribbles (96) than any other player to reinforce a statistically calculated WhoScored.com strength of ‘dribbling’. Naturally, his good form has attracted interest from abroad, with a host of Premier League teams showing an interest in Trezeguet. 

Watford, Everton and Leicester have all been credited with an interest in the Egyptian ace, though that should increase over the coming weeks. “I can confirm there’s a release clause in his contract which is €5m,” Kasimpasa vice president Hasan Hilmi Oksuz confirmed this week, a bargain for a player of his calibre. 

Such a revelation should only bolster that list of potential suitors and while Salah is tipped to steal the spotlight for Egypt, it’s Trezeguet who football fans should be keeping a watchful eye on.