Resolving the issue that preoccupied Saudi public opinion.
Finally, after a long wait, the Professionalism Committee of the Saudi Football Federation issued its official decisions on Monday evening in the issue that has occupied the sports street in the Kingdom during the past weeks, and which was known as the “rebel crisis.”
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Italian Roberto Mancini, the coach of the Saudi national football team, excluded 6 players from the Al-Akhdar camp before the Asian Nations Cup, which was hosted by Doha, Qatar, from January 12 to February 10, 2024. On charges of rebellion.
The six players are: Al-Hilal captain Salman Al-Faraj, and Al-Nasr trio Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Sultan Al-Ghannam and Muhammad Maran, in addition to Al-Ettifaq duo Ali Hazazi and Khaled Al-Ghannam.
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During the past few days, the Professional Committee investigated the six players and their agents, before issuing its official decisions. Which came as follows:
– Sultan Al-Ghannam was fined “200 thousand riyals”; Due to his request from the national team’s technical director to exempt him from joining the camp before the Asian Cup, during the meeting that Mancini held with the player, on December 28, 2023; Based on Article 10, Paragraphs (1 and 2) of the professional regulations, player statuses and transfers.
– Salman Al-Faraj was fined “100 thousand riyals”; After it was proven that he did not want to join the national team, following his summoning to the camp that was held last October; Upon his arrival at the airport in Riyadh, the player expressed his desire not to join; By saying: “I did not tell you that I would not join”; Based on Article 10, Paragraphs (1 and 5) of the professional regulations, player statuses and transfers.
– Nawaf Al-Aqidi was suspended for “5 months” and fined “300,000 riyals.” Because it was proven that he violated the list, and his request to postpone the national team’s camp, and his request from the Green administration to deliver his message of his unwillingness to join, and sending a message containing abuse, and his request to leave the camp because he believed that he was the third goalkeeper of the national team; This violates Article 10, Paragraphs (1, 2, and 3) of the Professionalism and Players’ Status Regulations.
– Suspending Muhammad Maran, Khaled Al-Ghannam and Ali Hazazi for a period of “one month” and fining each of them “200 thousand riyals”; For their request to leave the national team camp after the announcement of the final list of the Green Team, although there is still an opportunity for them to join, and their refusal to stay; In violation of Article 10, Paragraphs (1, 2, and 3) of the Professional Regulations and Players’ Conditions.
2024-02-12 17:30:43
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