11:49 AM
Sunday 19 April 2020
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Books- Omar Qora:
After more than a year, the Al-Ahly case with Pyramids’ Abdullah Al-Saeed returned to the surface again, after the Al-Ahmar administration lodged a new complaint to the Egyptian Football Association to claim the club’s right to its former player, after the FIFA complaint in February 2019.
Al-Ahly sold Abdullah to the Saudi club Al-Ahly in July 2018 after the famous crisis that erupted because he signed for Zamalek, and ensured that he did not play for any Egyptian team with a clause in the contract, but the player surprised everyone by returning to Egypt after a few months from the Pyramids gate in January 2019.
The 34-year-old terminated his contract with Al-Ahly Jeddah and returned to join Pyramids, without Al-Ahly receiving the value of the penalty clause stipulated in the triple contract between the Al-Qaheri club and Al-Ahly Jeddah and the player when Al-Saeed moved to the Saudi club two years ago.
An exceptional item
Returning to the fourth clause of the tripartite contract concluded between Al-Ahly, Al-Ahly Jeddah and Abdullah Al-Saeed, it states:
1- All three parties agreed that the player may not be resold or loaned to any club in the Arab Republic of Egypt in any way, for a period of 3 football seasons since signing the contracts.
2- It is also agreed that in the event that the player is disposed of by the second party, whether reselling or seconding outside Egypt, the buyer or the loaned party to the player must subsequently comply within the aforementioned specified period with the same conditions set forth in this contract that pertain to the rights of Al-Ahly Club .
The contract also included a penal clause agreed upon in the seventh item, which reads as follows:
– It is agreed upon in the event that any of the second or third parties (the player) violates any of the terms of this contract, he is obliged to pay the amount of 2,000,000 (two million US dollars) as an agreed penal condition, and it may not be increased or decreased in any way , And be paid immediately upon the occurrence of the violation.
On Friday, January 4, 2019, everyone was surprised by Abdullah Abdullah Al-Saeed’s inclusion in the Pyramids team, and he was involved the same day against Al-Ahly in the match between the two teams in the Egyptian League championship, and he succeeded in scoring a goal against his former team in the famous confrontation that ended with Pyramids (1-2) ).
Controversial termination contract
It was reported that the annulment of Abdullah Al-Saeed’s contract with Al-Ahly Jeddah before moving to Pyramids prevents Al-Ahly from obtaining the penalty clause, which was denied by Helmy Abdel-Razek, the legal advisor to Al-Ahly, stressing that the clause is still in effect and his case with the player, knowing that a deal His transfer to Pyramids is registered as “free transfer”.
Hilmi Abdel-Razek said during a television interview earlier: “The contract stipulates that any behavior between the second party (Al-Ahly Jeddah) and the third (the player himself), this annulment was made at the will of the two parties, which is considered a measure in itself and entails the application of the penalty clause, especially as it It was done without the approval of the first party (Al-Ahly).
He added: “All that is reported about the non-application of the penalty clause on Abdullah due to the termination of his contract with the people of Jeddah is illegal, the contract is the law of the contractors and it is not permissible to amend it except with the agreement of all parties, especially since the player was not obligated to sign these contracts and was done voluntarily, and we ask to pay the amount From Abdullah Al-Saeed. “
The legal advisor of Al-Ahly indicated that the club will not waive its rights, before revealing the reasons for placing this exceptional clause that prevents Al-Saeed from moving to any other club inside Egypt: “Al-Ahly had a vision of placing this condition in the contract terms represented in the fact that no other club benefited from Player Services “.
Did Al-Ahly lose the case?
Mohamed Bayoumi, a regulations expert, confirmed in telephone statements in the early hours of Sunday morning that Al-Ahly’s claims in this case that was submitted to the International Football Association against the Saudi Al-Ahly club were completely rejected, stressing that Al-Ahmar club is not entitled to claim the amount of $ 2 million.
Bayoumi said on the channel Sada Al-Balad: “The agreement between Al-Ahly and the people of Jeddah stipulated that the Saudi Al-Ahly would pay 2 million dollars if Abdullah Al-Saeed left any Egyptian club during his contract period, and the player did not move from the Al-Ahly Jeddah to an Egyptian club, but the contract was terminated By mutual consent between the two parties. “
He added: “Consequently, Abdullah Al-Saeed became a free player, and he has the right to move to any club in the world, and therefore the Saudi club’s responsibility towards any transfer process is negated, and Abdullah Al-Saeed or any new Egyptian club has nothing to do with the amount of the penalty clause, especially since the Saudi Al-Ahly was the one who was Responsible for it. “
He concluded, saying: “Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia, according to the agreement, is not obliged to pay the penalty clause in Abdullah Al-Saeed’s contract with Al-Ahly due to the termination of the contract, just as the International Football Association rejected Al-Ahly’s complaint completely, and the Egyptian federation does not have the right to adjudicate Al-Ahly’s complaint because it is linked to a Saudi club “.
The Football Association resolves the dispute
Al-Ahly announced that it had lodged a complaint with the Football Association after receiving the response of the FIFA, that it is no longer entrusted with resolving the dispute regarding the club’s dues, because Abdullah Al-Saeed currently plays within the ranks of an Egyptian club, and therefore the matter has become an internal matter and the person responsible for it is the Egyptian Football Association.
The club’s administration lodged the aforementioned complaint again with the Football Association while supporting it with a copy of the triple contract and FIFA correspondence, knowing that Al-Ahmar’s administration resorted from the beginning to the Football Association regarding the same crisis, and its response came quickly that it is not responsible for resolving this conflict because there is an external party and it is the family of its Saudi grandfather .
An official source in the Egyptian Football Association, which is responsible for resolving the conflict at the present time, confirmed during the remarks of Laila Koura that Al-Ahly’s complaint against Al-Saeed arrived in Al-Jabaliya last Wednesday, stressing that the Football Association Board of Directors intends to form a committee to study the complaint and its papers and decide on them.
This comes in light of Ashraf Abdulaziz’s lawyer, Abdullah Al-Saeed’s lawyer, through Yalla Koura, that he did not receive any notification from any party regarding Al-Ahly’s complaint against the international player, indicating that he would move to study the matter once he was officially notified by the Football Association, without revealing any details. About the response only after receiving the complaint.
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