According to The Times ... Hull City are interested in the striker ... but the Tigers have been linked with everyone from Michael Owen to Mark Viduka (without success).
Zamalek, the Egyptian club, claimed that Mido was willing to join them if he received no offers from this country. But would Hull tempt the former Spurs star?
He has scored just six league goals since he moved from Tottenham for £6 million two years ago.
Hull boss Phil Brown insists he can do no more to bring new signings to the KC Stadium before the start of the season.
Brown has endured a frustrating summer in the transfer market after a succession of strikers turned down moves to the club.
Michael Owen, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Fraizer Campbell all opted for deals elsewhere, with Bobby Zamora apparently set to become the latest player to snub the Tigers.
Brown: "Of course I'm frustrated because I wanted to get players in and you want them in as quickly as you possibly can so you can work with them.
"We need to be a bigger, better and stronger squad than last year.
"The first two weeks of our pre-season is all about fitness, but now we're to the football stage of that six-week period and you want the players in who will be playing for you next season."