Ibrahim Abdulmalik, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shabab Al-Ahly Football Company, revealed that “Dubai Knights” won the ADNOC Professional League title, although it is the least spending among the clubs that competed for the title during the current season.
Abdulmalik told «Emirates Today» after the ceremony of his team officially crowning the league title for the eighth time in its history, on Saturday night, after their victory over Ajman (1-0) in the final 26th round of the league, that «Shabab Al-Ahly focused to a large extent on not spending large sums during the season. The current team, and the least spent team is among the first 4 or 5 clubs in the ranking list.
Shabab Al-Ahly had won the title in the penultimate 25th round after a thrilling victory over Bani Yas 2-1, while the league concluded with 57 points, three points behind Al-Ain, which finished in second place, then Al-Wehda 52 points, Al-Wasl 47, Al-Jazira 46, Ajman 44, and Sharjah 43.
Abdulmalik also revealed that: «A number of prominent players were dismissed due to not reducing their salaries, after negotiations were held with them regarding a reduction in the salary ceiling because we are convinced that the club has competencies, technical elements and young players capable of compensating for the departure of any player, while negotiations are with players whose contracts have expired. It was clear that we will not deviate from the salary ceiling that we set.
And about dispensing with senior players such as Omar Abdel-Rahman and Majid Hassan before the start of the season and during the winter transfer period, more than a player such as Hamdan Al-Kamali and Abdulaziz Sanqour, he said: “We respect them and appreciate what they gave to the club, but Al-Ahly youth does not stand on one or two players, as we have ammunition from the players.” From the reserve team, the first team will suffice for the next 10 years.
He added, “The under-21 team has been a champion for three consecutive years, and the academy teams have achieved 11 championships in the junior stages, and no club has achieved this achievement, which is a record.”
He pointed out: «This interest comes from previous years in the academy, where all success factors were provided to the academy by attracting the best players, and we have a private academy and a public academy, and the technical staff have excellent achievements, so the teams competed for all championships by obtaining first or second place. And win the league title or cup ».
As for Al-Ahly youth’s position on renewing the contract of Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim, and is there procrastination on his part in approving the club’s offer?
The Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shabab Al-Ahly Football Company spoke about the position of the players in the “Dubai Knights”, who are the Uzbek Aziz Ganiyev, the Iranian Ahmed Nourallah, the Argentine Federico Kartabia, the Syrian Omar Khribin and the Belgian Jason Denayer. Or dispensing with the services of one of the players now, especially since the league championship ended a few days ago, and the football company and the technical committee are scheduled to sit with the coach, and consultations take place about the strengths and weaknesses and the needs of the team in general.
And he continued his speech by saying: “Technical matters are what will decide the team’s contracts in the first place, and we will see what the coach’s requests are in terms of replacing some players in some positions, and on our part we will do everything we have to provide the team’s needs.”
Ibrahim Abdel-Malik concluded his statements by stressing that the coming days will witness the resolution of many important files, and he said: “The position of the team camp in preparation for the next season has not been decided either, as coordination will take place with the technical staff to discuss the best options and provide all the capabilities that the team needs, especially since Al-Ahly youth The season will start early with the AFC Champions League play-offs.”
• The under-21 team has been champions for 3 consecutive years, and the academy teams have achieved 11 championships.
2023-05-15 22:07:13
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