Saudi Arabia’s Abdulhamid to join camp in USA after passport theft delay

Saudi Arabia’s Saud Abdulhamid in action for Lens
Saudi Arabia’s Saud Abdulhamid in action for LensStephanie Lecocq / Reuters

Saudi Arabia defender Saud ⁠Abdulhamid will join the national team’s training camp in the ‌United States on Thursday after resolving a ‌passport issue that delayed his ‌departure.

The 26-year-old had been due ‌to report to a preparatory camp ‌in Riyadh on Monday before travelling with the squad, but his ‌passport was stolen during a ⁠break-in in ‌Amsterdam, where he had been attending ​his wedding ceremony with family.

Local media said Abdulhamid, who is ​on loan at Ligue 1 side Lens from Roma, will ⁠now link ​up with coach Georgios Donis’s 30-man preliminary squad in New York.

Abdulhamid thanked Saudi authorities for assisting him ‌in securing a replacement passport, writing on social media platform X: “Let’s go to the World Cup.”

Saudi Arabia have begun a series of training camps in New York and Texas, where they will fine-tune their preparations with friendlies ‌against Ecuador, Puerto Rico and ​Senegal.

They open their Group H campaign ‌against Uruguay in Miami on June 15th, before facing Spain in Atlanta on June 21st and Cape Verde in Houston ⁠on June ⁠26th.

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