A hashtag calling for exiled soccer star Mohamed Aboutrika to come out of retirement for the 2018 World Cup has gone viral has ignited a firestorm of a debate across the country, according to Fox Sports. While Aboutrika responded in a gentlemanly way to the calls, that hasn’t stopped the debate turning political with many labeling him a traitor and pointing to the government freezing his assets due to his alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

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