Mohamed Salah ordered to attend Cairo hearing as Trabzonspor season begins

Mohamed Salah has been ordered to appear in person before an Egyptian court on 6 September 2026 to take a “decisive oath” in a dispute over legal fees.

The Cairo New Court has instructed the Egypt international, who now plays for Trabzonspor, to attend the hearing in a civil case brought by lawyer Amr Faragallah Morsi Abdel Tawab.

The case, registered as civil case 7826 of 2025, concerns a claim for unpaid fees relating to legal, administrative and advisory work, as well as court files, which the lawyer says he handled for Salah over a number of years.

The civil division of the Cairo New Primary Court ruled that Salah must personally answer allegations that the lawyer did not carry out the legal and administrative work described in the claim. He is also being asked to deny that any money or professional fees are owed to the lawyer for those services.

The court warned that if Salah fails to attend to take the oath, or refuses to do so without a legal justification, he could be deemed to have refused the oath. That could trigger the legal consequences set out under Egyptian law.

A decision on court costs and legal fees has been postponed until the dispute has been settled conclusively.

The lawyer filed the case in September 2025, seeking payment for work he said he had undertaken on Salah’s behalf. His claim includes compensation for financial and moral damage he says resulted from not receiving his fees, as well as expenses incurred while carrying out the disputed duties.

According to documents submitted to the court, the lawyer relies on a general power of attorney for legal matters issued in 2012. He says the document gave him authority to conduct legal procedures and other legal work connected with Salah.

He also told the court that the power of attorney remained in force until August 2025, when he was notified that he had been removed from representing the player.

A “decisive oath” is a legal method of evidence in which one party asks the other to swear to the truth of a specific disputed matter. The person receiving the request must swear either that the matter did occur or that it did not.

If the oath is taken, it can determine the disputed issue and have binding legal consequences. If the person refuses to take it, or does not attend without an excuse accepted by the court, they may be considered to have refused the oath. That decision can have a decisive effect on the outcome of the case.

The hearing is scheduled at a potentially awkward point in Salah’s playing calendar as he prepares for the start of his official career with Trabzonspor.

He had been due to make his first appearance in the Turkish league on 15 August against Kasımpasa. Trabzonspor are then scheduled to face Genclerbirligi on the same day as the Cairo hearing.

Salah will therefore have to address the court’s requirement for personal attendance while beginning a new stage of his professional career with Trabzonspor.