Egypt named goalkeeper Essam Al Hadari in their squad for next week's international against Argentina despite him being sidelined since an abortive bid to join a Swiss club last month.
Coach Hassan Shehata on Tuesday picked the same 23 players who won a record-breaking sixth Nations Cup in Ghana last month. The match in Cairo on March 26 is Egypt's first since beating Cameroon 1-0 in the tournament final.
Al Hadari returned to training with Cairo club Al Ahli last week after an unsuccessful attempt to break his contract and sign for Swiss club FC Sion.
The 35-year-old was fined 250,000 Egyptian pounds ($45,510) by the club and suspended for three weeks after trying to use a legal loophole to join Sion.
Al Hadari had sought to terminate his contract in line with Article 17 of FIFA's transfer regulations which allows players to cancel their contracts after a "protected period".
Al Hadari had hoped that because of his extended service at Al Ahli, he would be allowed to end his contract and move to Sion for a compensatory payment of 270,000 euros ($426,900), the equivalent of the rest of his contract with the Cairo club.
After being unveiled as a new signing by Sion and signing a deal until 2011, Al Hadari returned to Egypt at the start of the month when it became clear he could not make the move because he had not given Al Ahli the required notice period. (Writing by Mark Gleeson; editing by Miles Evans)
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