Although Al-Koumi insisted earlier this week that Abd-Rabou will stay at Ismaili, media reports kept on linking the talented midfielder with a move to either Ahli or Zamalek.

The reports were based on claims that Ismaili won't be capable of paying the 500,000 Euros to turn Abd-Rabou's loan deal into a permanent one.

However, Al-Koumi held a press conference on Tuesday where he showed the attendants a copy of the bank check which has been sent to French club Strasbourg.

Abd-Rabou returned to Ismaili after an unsuccessful one-year spell with Strasbourg in which they were relegated to French Ligue 2.

However, Strasbourg, where Egyptian left-back Ahmed Abou-Mosallam plays, managed to return to the top-flight a season later.