Al Ahly striker AmrGamal joined Wits on a one-year loan on Tuesday and will become the first Egyptian to play top-flight football in South Africa. Gamal caught Wits coach Gavin Hunt eye during the CAF Champions League qualifier this year.

“Amr is an old fashioned No 9 (center-forward) and I like those type of players,” Hunt told reporters. “He can create and score goals. We have an option to buy Gamal at the end of the season.”

Gamal scored the equaliser and created the winner when Ahly defeated Al Masry 2-1 to win the Egypt FA Cup and complete a double.He scored 30 goals in 102 appearances for record eight-time African champions Ahly and three goals in 14 caps for Egypt.

“The South African league is very strong with modern football,” Gamal said during his public introduction in Johannesburg.

Clubs are permitted five foreigners and the others at Wits are James Keene from England, Mozambican Elias Pelembe, SlavkoDamjanovic from Montenegro and Malawian Frank Mhango.

Gamal is the second North African in a Premiership squad this season, following in the footsteps of Algeria-born MamelodiSundowns left-back Fares Hachi.