Ahly will travel to Austria for a training camp on 14 June amid preparations for their African Champions League qualifying matches which begin in July.

The Red Devils are scheduled to play three friendly on 17, 21 and 25 June but the opponents have not yet been named.

“We are in negotiations with big clubs to play them in Austria,” football director Sayed Abdel-Hafiz was quoted as saying on the club’s official website.

The Egyptian Champions are scheduled to play TP Mazembe of DR Congo on 8 July. They were also drawn with bitter rivals Zamalek and Bechem Chelsea of Ghana.

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