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

[p]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.[/p][p]Local media said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdulhamid-saud/OOentN4R/"]Abdulhamid[/a], who is ​on loan at Ligue 1 side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] from Roma, will ⁠now link ​up with coach Georgios Donis’s 30-man preliminary squad in New York.[/p][p][b]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.”[/b][/p][embed guid="21f0e1be-5425-4c3c-848d-4acdeece99b7" url="https://x.com/Saudabdualhamed/status/2059597673020228009" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/saudi-arabia/biSY8ox4/"]Saudi Arabia[/a] 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.[/p][p]They open their Group H campaign ‌against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uruguay/xMk44orG/"]Uruguay[/a] in Miami on June 15th, before facing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] in Atlanta on June 21st and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cape-verde/MocyWdm7/"]Cape Verde[/a] in Houston ⁠on June ⁠26th.[/p]