According to news making the rounds on the kooora forums, Bezaz has chosen a squad of 30 players to train in Dubai (not Rabat as previously reported). Ma’an News has confirmed the location of the training camp as well as the addition of Balata and Olympic Team starlet Abdelhamid Abuhabeeb. The squad will have to be trimmed down to 23 players, meaning 6 field players and one goalkeeper will not make the trip to Buriram. The training camp will run from July 13-20.
The players dropped from the squad that faced Afghanistan include Ahmed Keshkesh and Abdullah Saidawi after their spat over the captaincy. Also dropped are Roberto Bishara, Samer Hijazi, and Suleiman Obeid. New additions are highlighted in bold, Olympic Team players have an asterisk besides their name:
Goalkeepers:
Assem Abu Assi (Al-Am’ary)
Mohammed Shbair (Shabab Al-Khaleel)
Fahed Al-Fakhuri (Thaqafi Tulkarem)
Toufic Ali (Wadi Al-Nes)*
Defenders:
Abdelatif Bahdari (Hajer Club/KSA)
Omar Jarun (unattached, formerly of Tampa Bay FC/NASL)
Majed Abusidu (Yarmouk/KUW)
Khaled Mahdi (Al-Am’ary)
Ahmed Harbi (Al-Am’ary)
Nadim Barghouthi (Balata)*
Haitham Dheeb (Hilal Al-Quds)
Husam Abu Saleh (HIlal Al-Quds)
Ehab Abujazr (Hilal Al-Quds)
Rafit Eyad (Jabal Al-Mokaber)
Midfielders:
Mohammed Samara (Arab Contractors/EGY)
Imad Zatara (Syrianska/SWE)
Ismail Amour (Al-Am’ary)
Ma’ly Kawre’ (Al-Am’ary)
Houssam Wadi (Al-Am’ary)
Abdelhamid Abuhabeeb (Balata)*
Ali El-Khatib (Hilal Al-Quds)*
Murad Ismail (Hilal Al-Quds)
Hesham Salhe (Hilal Al-Quds)
Atef Abu Bilal (Shabab Al-Khaleel)
Khader Yousef (Wadi Al-Nes)
Ashraf Nu’man (Wadi Al-Nes)
Forwards:
Murad Alyan (Hilal Al-Quds)
Khaled Salem (Merkaz Tulkarem)*
Eyad Abugharqud (Shabab Al-Khaleel)
Fahed Attal (Shabab Al-Khaleel)
[UPDATE]: According to various news outlets, the National Team will hold its preparatory training camp in Amman.
