The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have officially announced the appointment of former Al Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry as the new Egypt coach, succeeding Javier Aguirre, after a long lasting talks with five potential candidates.

he EFA headed by Amr El-Ganainy have named five candidates for the vacant Egypt job.

The Pharaohs have been without a manager since Javier Aguirre was sacked after the disappointing 2019 AFCON campaign when Egypt were knocked out from the round of 16.

The five nominees for the job were Hassan Shehata, Hossam El Badry, Hossam Hassan, Ahmed Hossam Mido, and Ehab Galal, and the choice had ultimately fallen on former Zamalek and El-Makkasa manager Ehab Galal.

However, Galal has turned down the chance to take over the Pharaohs due to disagreements on terms which caused the EFA to turn to El-Badry.

EFA released a statement citing that the former Pyramids FC president has been entrusted for the Egypt bench with him being give fully authority to designate his own coaching staff before proposing it to the association.